From: Mike N. 

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

> Or maybe you consider members of other services that require signing in such
as ebay or amazon.com as being forced.

" In a humiliating turn of events for Microsoft, eBay announced that
it has dumped the Microsoft Passport user authentication system."

http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050105eBayTurnsInItsPassp
ort.html
"Passport has been one of the worst "technologies" Microsoft
has ever offered. Constant re-typing and endless login-loops at eBay were
the only reward I ever got for trying to sign in using my Microsoft
Passport."

  I'm sure those services considered paying the Passport tax to be forced.
Therefore Ebay has opted out.   Now being purchased by Microsoft, they'll
have to reinstate Passport.

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