http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/different-kinds-of-conversations-going-on Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:53:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/different-kinds-of-conversations-going-on#comment-88310 dron Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:42:52 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/different-kinds-of-conversations-going-on#comment-88310 the point about authentication is not whether Google can glue together all of their properties and take on Microsoft - but whether we can participate in this approach. I guess it must be obvious to those paying attention that Google has NO INTENTION of allowing us to participate. And that’s the gist of the argument. Its not even “are they part of the conversation” - it’s “WE’RE THE NEW MICROSOFT AND WE WANT IT ALL!” the point about authentication is not whether Google can glue together all of their properties and take on Microsoft - but whether we can participate in this approach. I guess it must be obvious to those paying attention that Google has NO INTENTION of allowing us to participate. And that’s the gist of the argument. Its not even “are they part of the conversation” - it’s “WE’RE THE NEW MICROSOFT AND WE WANT IT ALL!”

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