[JDEV] MS opens up Passport and HailStorm

[Peter Saint-Andre]

I don't think so -- you'll be able to tap into that world of services via
Jabber. Seems to me that's better than being shut out.

Peter

> Do you think this threatens Jabber in anyway?
> 
> -Robert
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Julian Missig [mailto:julian at jabber.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:57 PM
> > To: jdev at jabber.org
> > Subject: Re: [JDEV] MS opens up Passport and HailStorm
> > 
> > 
> > Meh. Face it, Microsoft allowing interoperability with their 
> > auth system 
> > would kill the open efforts. Open efforts only really seem to have 
> > success against completely closed opponents - for all the cases I can 
> > think of, that is. Part of the problem is that sometimes Microsoft's 
> > products are downright good. If Passport is good *and* allows 
> > interoperability, why go with anything else? Other than the 
> > fact that I 
> > don't want all my info on an MS server - I doubt that will stop very 
> > many people.
> > 
> > Julian
> > -- 
> > email: julian at jabber.org
> > jabber:julian at jabber.org
> > 
> > Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > 
> > > /me checks the calendar to see if it's April Fool's Day...
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>they're supposedly opening up their .Net auth system to allow other,
> > >>non-Passport, auth systems, such as from AOL or Yahoo... 
> > they would be
> > >>100% compatible with each other, so Yahoo Auth users could 
> > use Yahoo to
> > >>access Hotmail and other MSN services...
> > >>
> > >>http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,281350
> 1,00.html
> >>
> 
> 
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