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[FYI] Microsoft Could Hold Passport to Net



http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27685,00.html

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Microsoft Could Hold Passport to Net  

By Dominic Gates  

Jul 03 2001 02:51 PM PDT  

Rivals fear Redmond's authentication service could make the software 
giant the one and only centralized power on the Web.  

UPDATE The Internet is by its nature adaptive, chaotic and creative, 
a virtual territory that no one owns and with no central point of 
control. Could Microsoft change that?  

The software giant's competitors think so. Rivals are marshalling 
arguments to influence upcoming settlement talks with the government 
and block Microsoft from becoming a de facto centralized power on the 
Internet.  

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