Great parallels and great write-up Stan! +5%

For anyone that wants to test the Bitshares platform, or if nothing else see how fast you can send any amount of money to anyone anywhere, just try one of the wallets: http://bitshares.org/download

..or a mobile wallet:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.bitsharesmunich.smartcoinswallet (if you try the Smartcoins Wallet, let me know @kencode and I will send you 100 BTS (yes, free money) so you can run some real tests).