[Am-info] Microsoft Puts .NET My Services on Hold

[Steve Cohen]

But now the Government may be poised to give back to
them the business they couldn't drum up on their own.

Write your congressman!  This, if it goes through,
would be rewarding the monopolist with a new monopoly,
one he could not win in direct business competition.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134438173_passport18.html

Feds might use Microsoft product for online ID

By Brier Dudley
Seattle Times technology reporter


Forget about a national ID card. Instead, the federal
government might use Microsoft's Passport technology
to verify the online identity of America's citizens,
federal employees and businesses, according to the
White House technology czar.

On Sept. 30, the government plans to begin testing Web
sites where businesses can pay taxes and citizens can
learn about benefits and social services. It's also
exploring how to verify the identity of users so the
sites can share private information.

Microsoft's Passport is being considered as a way to
authenticate users of the Web sites, said Mark Forman,
associate director of information technology at the
White House.

"They are involved in that discussion,'' he said,
adding that the government has not yet selected which
technology it will use.






--- "Fred A. Miller" <fm@cupserv.org> wrote:
> April 11, 2002
> 
> Microsoft Puts .NET My Services on Hold
> By Thor Olavsrud
> 
> "For more than a year, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)
> has
> been trumpeting its Web services strategy and
> especially .NET
> My Services, formerly known as HailStorm. But
> according to
> reports Thursday, the company has quietly shelved
> the service.
> 
> At one time, .NET My Services was considered to be a
> keystone of Microsoft's Web services strategy, a
> technology
> intended to put it at the center of the Internet
> with a recurring
> stream of revenue from monthly or yearly fees.  
> ..."
> 
> Complete story at:
>
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article/0,,10_1007961,00.html
> 
> -- 
> Fred A. Miller
> Systems Administrator
> Cornell Univ. Press Services
> fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
> --- SuSE Linux v7.3 Pro---
> 
> 
> 
> 
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