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The Liberty Alliance Grows Again

Posted by Hemos on from the now-if-they-would-just-do-something dept.

sempf writes "The Liberty Alliance, a Sun-backed open-specification alternative to the Microsoft platform's Passport system, has added two very powerful members, Oracle and Intel. Now over 150 members, one wonders at the future of a world where we have two single sign-on systems. With the three big IM platforms joining forces, is the identity standard of the world going to be Microsoft, or Sun? Is this going to be the next Browser War?"

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  1. Re:No. by sempf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hate to disagree, but everyone who uses MSN Messenger has a passport. That's what, 2 million users? Not an insignificant start. I remember when Netscape had two million users and people said the browser wars were over ...

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