[cobalt-users] Re: SunONE, Liberty Alliance, .NET (was Re: [cobalt-users] What's this?)

[Paul Jacobs <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:35 PM 6/6/2002, you wrote:
> > Not that I would ever argue with someone with an email address of
> > @sun.com, but I always had considered Sun's championing of the
> > Liberty Alliance as the closest direct competion to m$ .net.
> >
> > Can you explain in more depth tomorrow??
>
> Sorry, I'm not going to rewrite what's already available online, but in a
> tiny nutshell, the Liberty Alliance would provide alternative services to
> Microsoft's Hailstorm/Passport.  Liberty would be part of the SunONE
> platform, in the Identity and Policy Services "block."
>
> http://wwws.sun.com/software/sunone/liberty/
> http://wwws.sun.com/software/sunone/
>
> The key difference between .Net and SunONE is that each part of the .Net
> solution is an _application_ from Microsoft, whereas in SunONE (which can
> be drawn in the same block diagram), each part is a _service_ that could
> come from any "open" vendor (one who publishes specifications for all
> protocols, APIs, etc).

Ok, going off-topic a little, but bruce, don't try to push the open source 
issue on us.... you know (I am sure you do) that .NET will run ANY 
"service"  written in ANY programing language, and in any spoken language.



> Please check the Sun website for issues like these -- there are _reams_ of
> info there that will give far more detail than I can (or will).  I'm not
> always up on the latest info releases, etc., but the website is always
> up-to-date.

Website allways up-to-date huh?, Now that's funny.... thanks for the chuckle.

You really are a good guy bruce, your just working for the wrong company :)


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