eBay to Drop Passport, .NET Support

BetaNews is reporting that the auction site will be dropping Microsoft's .NET support somtime in January 2005.

“Auction site eBay announced to members on its Web site Wednesday afternoon that it will drop support for Microsoft’s Passport and .NET Alerts by late January. Users were told that “once this takes place, the Microsoft Passport button that is currently displayed on Sign In pages will be replaced with links to a page with more information.”

There was no warning about this announcement and Microsoft has gone on record as being dissapointed in the decision.

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