Microsoft wants to own your logon ID.

Only one week after I posted a commentary on Microsoft's recent business practices, Bill & Co. announced HailStorm, the centerpiece of the much-hyped .NET platform, and arguably, the entire reason .NET was developed in the first place. The press release promises not only "Sharing and Collaboration" (web services and applications that all work together) but "Open Access, Privacy, and Security".

A closer look at HailStorm reveals Microsoft's attempt to create (and thus control) the web platform for ecommerce and web services. An article at the O'Reilly OpenP2P site does a good job of explaining the technology, but what about the privacy and economic implications ?

More to follow...