http://www.jakubkorab.net/2007/02/one-step-closer-to-fewer-passwords.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-step-closer-to-fewer-passwords Adventures in technology consulting Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.jakubkorab.net/2007/02/one-step-closer-to-fewer-passwords.html/comment-page-1#comment-17 Jake Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.jakubkorab.net/2007/02/one-step-closer-to-fewer-passwords#comment-17 Probably not, and with the company's history as something to go on, your hesitation is well founded. However, given the very nature of the protocol and its liberal licensing it's hard to see how they could. I think it probably has something to do with the company attempting to portray itself as a stalwart of open standards - taking the standardization of C#, the OpenDocument format inculsion in Office and a possible recognition that a proprietary Passport has only limited usefulness. However it always pays to be wary. Probably not, and with the company’s history as something to go on, your hesitation is well founded. However, given the very nature of the protocol and its liberal licensing it’s hard to see how they could. I think it probably has something to do with the company attempting to portray itself as a stalwart of open standards – taking the standardization of C#, the OpenDocument format inculsion in Office and a possible recognition that a proprietary Passport has only limited usefulness. However it always pays to be wary.

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