After this past week’s discussion about Microsoft favoring OpenID instead of it’s own CardSpace, why would developers for Firefox 3 (Code named Gran Paradiso) embrace CardSpace?
CardSpace, is Microsoft’s identity management system, a way of reducing the hassle of having as many identities (username/password credentials) as services we use and is already listed as a requirement for Firefox 3.
After reading the article, I am left to wonder: “Will CardSpace or OpenID win out?” There is a growing movement of non-Microsoft users that would have no need for CardSpace whereas OpenID can be used by all platforms such as Mac, Linux and Windows. OpenID wins.
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It seems to me that the powers that be at Microsoft have gone absolutely bat-shit crazy. They are creating technologies, but not supporting them in their own products. This is just one example. The biggest one I can think of right off the top of my head is the PlaysforSure DRM system. Here they have this system that they have been selling for a couple of years and then they come out with their own .mp3 player which doesn’t support it! HUH? What is the strategy there?
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 am
That’s a slight misnderstanding of the situation. MS is seeking to be part of an identity metasystem in which you can use a variety of identity systems together, using CardSpace where relevant and OpenID where you have no security requirements at all, without having the current mess of multiple user names and passwords. just as you use the same file explorer to view a hard drive, a CD and a memory card because there’s a file system abstraction layer. CardSpace is supported in Vista and Ie 7 for XP by MS, and on several other platforms by open source software.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:14 am
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