Re:Microsoft adopts first international cloud privacy standard
by jameshart on Monday February 16, 2015 @02:18PM
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Neither is a word which you would have associated with Microsoft ten years ago.
An example for you: Microsoft used to have an identity service called 'Passport'. They wanted to make it into a universal login, along the lines of Google ID or Facebook logins today. They created a whole suite of related services, codenamed 'Hailstorm', which they tried to bring to market under the terrible name of ".NET MyServices". And they failed because the universal reaction of the world was that they were not prepared to trust Microsoft with their privacy. (see, e.g. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/17/net_my_services_gone...)
An example for you: Microsoft used to have an identity service called 'Passport'. They wanted to make it into a universal login, along the lines of Google ID or Facebook logins today. They created a whole suite of related services, codenamed 'Hailstorm', which they tried to bring to market under the terrible name of ".NET MyServices". And they failed because the universal reaction of the world was that they were not prepared to trust Microsoft with their privacy. (see, e.g. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/17/net_my_services_gone...)