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One of the things that

Posted April 20, 2002 10:20 AM.

One of the things that I talked about in my interview for the role of community producer at the BBC - a job that I didn't get, by the way - was about how the BBC was perfectly placed to be the people who made Microsoft's passport program obselete. I mean, they're not beholden to any corporate interests, they wouldn't be able to sell your details to marketers and they have have the infrastructure and world-wide reknown to get away with it. But I wish they'd get a move on.

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