From: Ellen K. 

Actually one doesn't have to sign in on Amazon, although completing a
purchase is faster if one does.

On Mon, 29 May 2006 20:03:49 -0700, "Rich"  wrote in message
:

>   Are you trying to be as much an idiot as mike miller?  Not only are MSDN
subscribers an insignificant fraction of the more than 200 million users,
they are in no way forced.  That is unless you consider people that sign up
for any other optional subscription service forced to make that choice.  Or
maybe you consider members of other services that require signing in such
as ebay or amazon.com as being forced.
>
>   In the mean time, Passport has been extraordinarily successful.
>
>Rich
>
>  "Geo"  wrote in message
news:447ba9e8$3{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>  "Rich"  wrote in message news:447b6ce9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>  >>   There are a great many folks that would like to
"fail" as you claim
>  Passport has with more than 200 million users.
>
>  Just because a customer who buys MSDN needs to sign up for a passport to
>  access their MSDN online, doesn't make them a "user".
Forced don't count.
>
>  Geo.

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