MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts

pathos writes: "CNet reports in this article that Microsoft, in its continued obsession to get everyone and his/her mother to be a registered Passport user, forced all of it's MS Zone gaming site users (including players of 'Asheron's Call') to open accounts in Passport in order to keep using the service... too bad that a bug with their .NET deployment kept many users not being able to access the service..." Of course, if you run the hotel, you get to say who uses the pool ...

Hotel pools

[Shadowlion]

Of course, if you run the hotel, you get to say who uses the pool...

Yeah, but you can't control who pees in it.

:)

Sun & Microsoft.

[Kozz]

Actually, Sun has adopted Passport after Microsoft adopted Liberty Alliance. [bbspot.com] And if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you...

What's the big deal?

[gopherdata]

I've never played any games in the "MS Zone" so I may be way off base here. I assume you have to have a "MS Zone" account to play the games, what's the big deal about having a passport account instead? Whether Microsoft wants to keep seperate logins to all of their services, or one login that works everywhere doesn't much seem to matter. I don't like the idea of MS pushing Passport as some internet wide login system, but for their own sites I think it makes sense (aside from the security holes).

Re:Wouldn't it be amusing if...?

[st0rmshad0w]

Even better if the billing acount was a Microsoft corporate credit card. =)

ROTFL... ahh, the cruel, cruel irony.

[A_Non_Moose]

From the article:
"It's a difficult task, but other companies have done it--Starbucks just switched their old log-in system to Passport and did it smoothly."

"It's kind of surprising," Rosoff added. "If anyone should be able to implement a Passport switch, it's Microsoft."


That is hilarious: The staffers at a coffee house that, no doubt, keep MS programmers in caffinated beverages, can implement MS's own stuff better than MS can.

Ahaaahahaha.

Do you think maybe we should send MS some penguin mints? Oh, wait, belay that...probably most here would consider that aid and comfort to the enemy.

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Re:Same as hotmail

[throbbingbrain.com]

Get one of those prepaid visa cards from the grocery store. "My best friends call me cash."

Re:This surprised people?

[talks_to_birds]

• "...I hear you need to be a US Citizen to be able to vote in the US, too..."

No. Wrong.

You need a M$ Passport to vote in the United States...

t_t_b

Re:Actually, that's 'Bass Ackwards'...

[Anonymous Coward]

Or you could sleep overnight on the side of the road in your shitty beat-up Yugo. I believe its license plate reads "LINUX."

Re:Actually, that's 'Bass Ackwards'...

[Zico]

They now have email addresses (read: 'sales leads') for a BUNCH of folks.

Nooooo!!! Not <gasp> E-MAIL ADDRESSES!!!!

Dude, get a clue already. How many games have you bought because someone sent you an email?

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Pee patch

[Wrexs0ul]

Little do we know microsoft will soon be providing:

POOL ex-pee

To try and convince users there's no more pee in the pool. Once new hotel guests jump in, they'll realize why the water's still yellow.

-Wrexsoul

Unsubscribing from MS mailing lists

[Joao]

I had to register several copies of MS software for my office some time ago, and since then I've been receiving a whole lot of newsletters from them. So I followed their instructions on how to unsubscribe, and went to http://www.microsoft.com/info/unsubscribe.htm

Guess what? In order to unsubscribe from their spam, I need to sign up for Passport.

So I set up a procmail filter.

Re:Hotel pools

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft users required to drop soap
while showering at Microsoft Hotel.