D'Oh! Sometimes the sound bite makes no sense

The folks at Microsoft can't be stupid. So when I read a quote from somebody that makes such little sense as does the one below, I have to wonder. It's about MS joining the digital identity world -- again. (Story from PCPro news is here: Microsoft turns to new Windows identity management system.) And here's the quote:

'It's going to put control of digital IDs into the hands of an end-user,' Michael Stephenson, a director of Microsoft's Windows Server division, told Reuters. 'The end-user will be in full control.'

What? Isn't that pretty much like saying, "We're going to put the driver's license making machinery into the hands of the public."? There's gotta be more. On the other hand, MS hasn't exactly been on the world's wave-length in the digital identity world.

Posted by Grayson at March 30, 2005 07:40 AM