[xml-dev] Good news for decentralization?

[Dave Winer <dave@userland.com>]

David Coursey [1]: "Microsoft says it wants Passport and Hailstorm, its
foundation services for Web-based applications, to play well with others. So
in a shocking move, the company is announcing today that Passport will be
changed to use an Internet-standard security model and Hailstorm won't be
the only place for users to store their personal information."

NY Times [2]: "Microsoft says its software must operate with other kinds of
online authentication software if Internet commerce is to develop rapidly.
Microsoft executives said they wanted to avoid a rerun of the early days of
automated teller machines, before common standards and a sense of trust,
when each major bank had its own stand-alone network."

WSJ [3]: "Microsoft says its software must operate with other kinds of
online authentication software if Internet commerce is to develop rapidly.
Microsoft executives said they wanted to avoid a rerun of the early days of
automated teller machines, before common standards and a sense of trust,
when each major bank had its own stand-alone network."

[1] http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2813501,00.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/20SOFT.html
[3] http://www.msnbc.com/news/631517.asp