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The Liberty Alliance Grows Again

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. I think claiming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    that something is the 'new browser war' is the new black.

    1. Re:I think claiming by Rovaani · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think this new browser war is the new browser war!

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  2. Re:What Standard? by Tim+C · · Score: 3, Funny

    mail foraged

    Yeah, I hate it when people forage through my email - it's bad enough that my girlfriend goes through my phone sometimes, but my email? No way!

  3. This would be like fighting over... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...who gets to give you herpes.

  4. Re:No. by Morgahastu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but are they using it as a single sign on service? I am sure there are millions of people register to Nytimes.com but if they launched a single sign on service and its existing accounts were automaticly eligible and they claimed success because they had millions registered, I'd be laughing.

    I have a MSN Passport. But I use it just for MSN Messenger. So I am not using it for it's single sign on potential.

  5. should have called it the Rebel Alliance.. by aurelian · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..then we could back it unreservedly

  6. The Liberty Alliance by FraggedSquid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Coming to a Marvel comic book near you soon

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