The MLSs can still control it and distribute it to anyone they want. The politics just get in the way. It can all be password protected, giving the agents the same controls they have today. Giamo knows that overcoming the FUD factor won't be easy. That situation in Dallas could have been avoided.
Members are reluctant to get involved with technology.
They have to be pushed. The system vendors and the MLS know this, so we don't make them go cold turkey, MLS2000 will run parallel with the legacy system. The same information and data will be available - how it is retrieved is the difference. I'll go back to the office and see what I can find for you. One man who can see the code on the wall is Dale Ross, CEO of MRIS, the largest MLS organization in the country with over 26,000 members.