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Microsoft Opens Up Passport Code
« Reply #1 on: 22 October 2002, 20:00 »
Are they trying to fight The Liberty Project?
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Microsoft Opens Up Passport Code
« Reply #2 on: 24 October 2002, 08:15 »
and again, the question is, what good will it do for the end user or he hobbiest hacker?  
Open source is great for free software because someone who finds a security hole can patch it and submit the patch.  But for proprietary code, the patches will still have to wait on management to make the decision.....
I wonder if they will be releasing he code into the wild, or if they will be doing the same thing they are doing for the source code to the OS -- only selected individuals or groups (possibly those with >$10,000 of financial information stored in the passport wallet) will be able to view the code, and it could automatically deduct $100 from your accounts everytime you view it ... ok, maybe that's a little over the top... but it's worth a thought.

-t.
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Like many times before, Microsoft is re-inventing the wheel and opting for something other than round.

-t.