IP: MS Passport-free

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:42:31 -0800
> From: Harry Saal  <Harry () saal org>
> Subject: MS Passport-free
>
>
> I don't forsee a Microsoft-free desktop software environment
> in my future, but I do intend to avoid any product which
> requires me to use "Passport". I was shocked to find that
> the Microsoft Passport information site, www.passport.com,
> makes no allusion to the fact that Passport is, I have read,
> a prerequisite to installing certain Microsoft products,
> e.g. Train Simulator, MS Office for Mac. It refers only
> to "signing in" to Websites, and "wallet" features for
> online purchases. Does anyone know of a comprehensive
> list of MS products which require Passport? On such products,
> is this requirement clearly indicated on the external packaging?
>
> It seems to me that we need a "Passport-free" icon (a red
> circle-bar across a blue US-like passport?) as a symbol
> of purity in the shrink-wrap SW industry.



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