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Other => Other => Topic started by: honvetops on October 25, 2006, 06:01:47 AM
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Is this a good thing ? I have been reading as of late and I think this is an attempt
TO OPEN UP A BIT ?
Microsoft sets Sender ID free
10 / 23 / 06 | By Joris Evers
Microsoft's Sender ID e-mail authentication technology can now be used without fear of the software giant's intellectual property lawyers.
The Redmond, Wash., company said Monday it is making the "Sender ID Framework" available under its Open Specification Promise program. That means Microsoft will not sue anyone who creates products or services based on the e-mail technology.
The move is part of an effort to promote interoperability among commercial and open-source software products, and among Internet access providers that utilize e-mail authentication, Microsoft said in a statement.
"Users will be able to implement, commercialize and modify Microsoft's patented e-mail authentication technology without having to sign a licensing agreement," it said.
Sender ID is a caller ID-like system for e-mail meant to help fight spam and related cyberscams such as phishing. Microsoft has been pushing the technology for a couple of years as a partial solution to junk e-mail. Intellectual property issues around the technology have flared up in the past as a roadblock to adoption.
Microsoft announced the OSP in September, when it said 38 Web services specifications would be available under the promise. Earlier this month, it was expanded to include the Virtual Hard Disk Image Format specification.
Nearly two years after Sender ID's launch, 36 percent of all legitimate e-mail sent worldwide uses the technology, via about 5 million domains, according to Microsoft data.
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
Its a multibillion dollar company, and they could release it without a problem, but no doubt, Unloved Warrior is right...
I wonder how this will end up working.
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
Its a multibillion dollar company, and they could release it without a problem, but no doubt, Unloved Warrior is right...
I wonder how this will end up working.
Just like every other MS product...sometimes and with great amounts of forcing.
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
Its a multibillion dollar company, and they could release it without a problem, but no doubt, Unloved Warrior is right...
I wonder how this will end up working.
Just like every other MS product...sometimes and with great amounts of forcing.
lol...we'll have to see how many ppl come here for help..
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Hopefully i will be long gone by then...
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Hopefully i will be long gone by then...
what do you mean by gone
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Hopefully i will be long gone by then...
what do you mean by gone
He means his rabbits will no longer need cleaning. :(
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links
I think I am missing something...
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links
Stay confused...Politicians love that carp.
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links
Stay confused...Politicians love that carp.
lol
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Look at what else just became free...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
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Been free for awhile now...
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Been free for awhile now...
I wish I would have found it earlier, I can finally run Vector Linux within Windows
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Do your self a big favor and don't even attempt Vista on it.
I learned the hard way...or is that the hard drive way.
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Do your self a big favor and don't even attempt Vista on it.
I learned the hard way...or is that the hard drive way.
You saying Vista will destroy Virtual HD's?
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Vista right now will destroy anything it comes in contact with...i'm on my 4th build and ready to ditch that as well.
Hello Linux!
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Vista right now will destroy anything it comes in contact with...i'm on my 4th build and ready to ditch that as well.
Hello Linux!
Can Vista BETA's still be downloaded right now?
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Nope. MS decided it had enough rabbits and closed down the RC2 (newest Beta) DLoad site...
You had to be registered with MS to take advantage of it.
patio. 8-)