:Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Understanding Federated Identity Management
Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Understanding Federated Identity Management Jul 6, 2005, 11 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5881 reads) (Other stories by Tom Adelstein)
"Back when Scott McNeally and Steve [Ballmer] took to a stage and began jumping around like a couple of squares dancers headed out the barn, I couldn't for the life of me figure out what they were so happy about. I guess it just goes to show that they had some secret they thought was gonna make them even richer. They even put a hex on the next hockey season with all their fan-dangling around holding up Detroit Piston jerseys and all.
"I didn't understand what was so important. So when Steve stood up and said he was giving Mr. McNeally $700 million to resolve pending antitrust issues and $900 million to resolve patent issues and then smiled, well more than few heads turned that day..."
