Microsoft defense Passport
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"People say, 'Ooh, is there some big plot here?'" said Ballmer. Then, in Johnny Cochran rhyming rhythm: "The customer gets to choose how their data is used." Furthermore, he insisted, the businesses that partner with Microsoft and use its .Net services needn't worry, either. "They own their own data," said Ballmer. "They own their own customers." To achieve broad adoption for its Web services platform, Microsoft must win the trust of both consumers and business partners. So Ballmer is out there making promises about privacy and security that will be difficult to break. "There's no other philosophy that makes any sense at all," declared Ballmer, resting his case.