<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2654.45"> <TITLE>RE: [JDEV] MS opens up Passport and HailStorm</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Do you think this threatens Jabber in anyway? -Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian Missig [<A HREF="mailto:julian@jabber.org">mailto:julian@jabber.org</A>] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:57 PM > To: jdev@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@jabber.org > jabber:julian@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... > >> > >><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,281350" TARGET="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,281350</A> 1,00.html >> _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list jdev@jabber.org <A HREF="http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev" TARGET="_blank">http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev</A> </BODY> </HTML>