<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <TITLE>RE: [JDEV] MS opens up Passport and HailStorm</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>No, I think this move provides a great opportunity for Jabber to play with the big boys... My guess is this crew can implement a Kerberos-based Passport-based messenger faster than any of the other guys...</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Robert Temple [mailto:Robert.Temple@dig.com] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:49 PM To: 'jdev@jabber.org' Subject: RE: [JDEV] MS opens up Passport and HailStorm </DIV> 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 target=_blank href="http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,281350">http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,281350</A> 1,00.html >> _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list jdev@jabber.org <A target=_blank href="http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev">http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>