I'm convinced MasterCoin will be big!!

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I posted a discussion thread with questions on the Ripple forum.
https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3596

Do you think MasterCoin is a competitor to Ripple? Could you issue Ripple IOUs for MasterCoins, and the 'commodity coins' they can create?