How Sun is building a stepping-stone to Liberty
Eric Knorr explains why Sun is on the right track by emphasizing single sign-on for enterprises first--and letting consumer identity services gestate at their own pace. (Mar. 19, 2002)
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Sun responds to Mundie's Liberty slur
Sun Microsystems' CTO Hal Stern retorts that Microsoft's Passport database fails to represent purchasing power due to the level of duplication between different its interfaces. (Mar. 15, 2002)
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Sun hauls out hardware to battle Passport
It's Liberty Alliance in a box. Sun will debut two collections of servers, storage, software and services to house information on customers, employees or business partners. (Mar. 12, 2002)
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Australian firm claims first Java-Passport interface
Australia-based BuyItOnline has released JPassport--claiming it to be the first Java-based version of Microsoft's Passport authentication service. (Mar. 7, 2002)
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IBM software czar: Leaning toward Liberty?
Officially, IBM is neutral over the issue of Passport vs. Liberty. But listen to IBM Senior VP Steve Mills stress the importance of open identity and authentication services, and David Berlind says you get an idea as to which way IBM is leaning. (Mar. 4, 2002)
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Liberty: Much more than zero
Six months after saying the Liberty Alliance had "zero chance of mattering," Steve Ballmer might be eating his words as corporate heavyweights keep queuing up to enlist in the Alliance. (Feb. 22, 2002)
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Schwartz Unplugged: Project Liberty, a work in progress
Sun chief strategist Jonathan Schwartz discusses the state of the Liberty Alliance project in this exclusive ZDNet Tech Update interview. (Feb. 20, 2002)
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Big names back Liberty Alliance
EarthLink, Nextel Communications and Visa have joined 35 other companies to back the Liberty Alliance Project to create a standard identification method for the Internet. (Feb. 20, 2002)
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Liberty Alliance, Passport miles apart
The two sides in the battle over a Web authentication standard say they're committed to interoperability between their systems--but they're not ready to work together quite yet. (Feb. 20, 2002)
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Ballmer says Sun's Liberty no threat
Microsoft's CEO tells analysts at the Gartner Symposium that Sun's Liberty initiative won't matter in the real world. (Feb. 20, 2002)
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McNealy defends Liberty Alliance project
Sun's CEO refutes Microsoft's claims that Liberty Alliance project 'will not matter.' McNealy adds that Microsoft was in fact invited to participate in the venture as well. (Feb. 20, 2002)
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Mundie slams Liberty, open source
Speaking at the WCIT 2002, Microsoft's chief technical officer Craig Mundie says public license advocates don't understand the need to commercialize.

IBM neutral on Passport, Liberty
With Microsoft and Sun at war over technologies for Web services and online identity, there is no need to choose between them, says IBM's e-business head.

Sun to roll out Liberty collection
Sun will start selling a collection of servers, software and services that will let customers adopt the technology behind the Liberty Alliance Project, which Sun launched in September.

Novell joins Sun's Liberty Alliance
Novell has joined the Liberty Alliance Project to simplify how digital identity is handled on the Internet.

McNealy unplugged
In an exclusive interview with David Berlind, Sun CEO Scott McNealy talks about his vision of IT for the 21st century, the WebTone concept, and more.