The death of e-mail, SPAM to die when email dies

The death of e-mail

With identity as the base on which business logic is built, access privileges and the location of the data can be offered by the "sender" rather than pushing a message out. Instead of playing the digital equivalent of dodge ball with spam, we can now market our identities and barter degrees of access in return for services, products, or information.


So what's taking so long? Will XML make it easy for others to embrace and extend Redmond's crown jewels? On .Net Insecurity Day, Office czar Jeff Raikes suggested that "because of our resources, ... the extensiveness of our user base, and the popularity of our products," Microsoft could afford to make the investment "in the long term."