From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

I don't know what exactly you mean by "authenticate", but I for
one have used a common (i.e. publicly available to anyone interested) old
hotmail account many, many times when a passport login has been required. I
find the whole passport idea nothing but dumb (IMO of course).


Antti Kurenniemi

"Rich"  wrote in message news:447b8c8e{at}w3.nls.net...
   Given that the primary purpose of Passport is to be the authentication
mechanism for many Microsoft services, successfully doing so for hundreds
of millions of users is a wonderful demonstration of its success.

   You go ahead and keep spinning.  Presenting yourself as an idiot must
make you feel better about yourself.

Rich

  "/m"  wrote in message
news:mptm72p7pa7f3o8m65kkpngdfneam46rvh{at}4ax.com...
  Yawn.... those are mostly people who *had* to sign up for PassPort in
  order to use Microsoft services.

  But that's typical for Microsoft, lock in customers, then call it a
  choice....

    /m


  On Mon, 29 May 2006 14:48:23 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:

  >   There are a great many folks that would like to "fail"
as you claim
Passport has with more than 200 million users.
  >
  >   Beyond your agenda motivating you to post whatever nonsense you think
sounds negative enough, do you really want everyone to see you as an idiot?
  >
  >Rich
  >
  >  "/m"  wrote in message
news:htdm72trca7kf1un71oplf4hg3miul96ce{at}4ax.com...
  >
  >  ===
  >
  >  MS probably wants eBay's PayPal service to prop up MS's failed
Passport.
  >
  >    /m

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