I know Brian Arbogast (Microsoft's VP for Passport) pretty well, and believe his integrity to be unassailable. He has not been on the Passport team for very long.
Could this be more simple and less pernicious than is the slashdot consensus? Could their press release be an honest mea culpa and promise to do better? What would everyone be saying under the same facts and circumstances if this was some medium-size startup with none of the negative history and less market power?
Microsoft's a big company, and not every product has been horrible and every initiative negative for consumers. I have no love for corporate Microsoft (long story), and I agree skepticism is called for. But on the other hand, if posters look at each situation with a jaundiced bias, these postings feel more like a lynch gang than an informed discussion.
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I know Brian Arbogast (Microsoft's VP for Passport) pretty well, and believe his integrity to be unassailable. He has not been on the Passport team for very long. Could this be more simple and less pernicious than is the slashdot consensus? Could their press release be an honest mea culpa and promise to do better? What would everyone be saying under the same facts and circumstances if this was some medium-size startup with none of the negative history and less market power? Microsoft's a big company, and not every product has been horrible and every initiative negative for consumers. I have no love for corporate Microsoft (long story), and I agree skepticism is called for. But on the other hand, if posters look at each situation with a jaundiced bias, these postings feel more like a lynch gang than an informed discussion.