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Re: [News] Microsoft 'Extends' VPN Protocol

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Microsoft readies new VPN protocol
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>| Microsoft currently has no plans to seek standardization for SSTP.
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> http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/1/21/6698
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> 
> Yet another case of breaking protocols. Extend to extinguish.

Why would Microsoft care about the customer being able to connect things
together?  They can squeeze so much more cash if people are /only/ able
to connect Microsoft boxes - at least - until the customer is wise
enough to pick another platform.

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| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
"A University without students is like an ointment without a fly."
	-- Ed Nather, professor of astronomy at UT Austin

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