"Redbox for software" strikes me as a pretty forward-looking idea for the time. IIRC monthly user group meetings were in large part potluck dinners, with pirated software instead of taco casserole.
Give it another 400 years. When we all have implants in our arms and the world is truely dystopian; you'll need credits. To top up your body things you'll need to plug in your program to one of these beasts.
