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  1. Karma Whore Link Propagation by gmhowell · · Score: 2 · on Liberty Alliance Gains Momentum

    Check this faq.

  2. 'Old' Boys Club by gmhowell · · Score: 5, Informative · on Liberty Alliance Gains Momentum

    Sorry, but I can't see where this will be a whole lot better.

    Okay, yeah, we definately know that AOL will provide the IM:) But what are the odds of a patent-free, royalty free standard? Zero. Check out the faq.

    To be verified to use their tech, you'll likely have to either pay an exorbitant fee to join, pay an exorbitant 'license fee', or both.

    Of course, there is no problem with charging to validate against, say, an AOL server, or store information there. But can even DEVELOPMENT occur without significant costs? No.

    The only selling point to this seems to be "we're not Microsoft".

    (And again, could somebody please explain the advantages? Most people on the street I've spoken with don't seem interested in having anybody store their CC and other personal information. And before you mention banks and credit card companies, most people would be quite pleased if they didn't have the info either.)

  3. Re:This is .NET My Services, not all of .NET by TheMMaster · · Score: 3, Funny · on Microsoft Sets Tolls for .Net Developers

    There seems to be a significant difference betweer:
    projectliberty.org and
    libertyproject.org
    this is one type I really didn't want to make with my boss watching...

  4. Re:That means by kilgore_47 · · Score: 2 · on Sun Announces Passport Competitor

    It isn't like they would consider using someone else's [apache.org] software even if it had a better security history.

    I agree. Microsoft passport is only powered by IIS because it's "in the family". Based on it's track record with passport so far, IIS is clearly not the most logical choice for their system.

    If a universal internet indentity system is ever going to work it will have to be (as the 'Liberty Alliance' is) a cooperative effort between many companies. I hope that the variety of interests involved make this project put user's needs in front of corporate interests (since there is no ONE corporate agenda, there are many).

    PayPal is a good example of a successfull consumer-friendly corporate joint-venture. Frankly, I'm surprised PayPal's name isn't on the list of ProjectLiberty charter members.

  5. Re:Not only Sun... by dragons_flight · · Score: 2 · on Sun Announces Passport Competitor

    Maybe so, but they aren't listed as one of the charter members. From their FAQ:

    Charter members include ActivCard, American Airlines, the Apache Software Foundation, Bank of America, Bell Canada Enterprises, Cingular Wireless, Cisco Systems, CollabNet, Dun and Bradstreet, eBay, Entrust, Fidelity Investments, Gemplus, GM, Global Crossing, i2, Intuit, Liberate Technologies, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, OpenWave, O'Reilly and Associates, RealNetworks, RSA Security, Sabre, Schlumberger, Sony Corporation, Sprint, Sun Microsystems, Travelocity, United Airlines, Verisign, Vodafone and More.

    Of course I'm not sure that I would want to mention any association with Microsoft, for as long as I could avoid it. I do like that they say "open standard", "open solution" a lot in their FAQ. Hopefully they really will let people inspect for themselves what is going on.