Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Understanding Federated Identity Management

“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…”

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