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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (2323)	10/5/2000 5:15:57 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2615

Very interesting discussion of the forces moving in the internet world. Microsoft `Gets It': Does the Linux Community? linuxnews.com It will be the next "big thing" because Middleware will ultimately shape and define what the INTERNET becomes. The ability to identify, authenticate and authorize delivery of information will become fundamental to conducting business in the next generation of the INTERNET economy. It will encompass and pervade the information supply chain, all the way from your wrist watch access device to serving as the basis for building virtual corporate collaborations. It will ultimately call fundamental questions on the issue of privacy and the protection and maintenance of one's identity. ..... The supreme danger in Middleware is that the denizens of Redmond understand it, in spades. Of even greater concern is that, if recent events are any indication, major players within the Linux and Open-Source community don't understand it. Plain and simple. .... Tom Watson tosiwmee