Interesting. Thank you.

Not being a jerk; but I would love to see some sources on this that would confirm M$ helped SCO out.

The Ford engine doesn't fit well into my Chevy car. Come on people! Of course Apple isn't going to make their hardware work well with Linux. They have no need to.

Plus it's tasty! :P

RIM can give away the BIS (Blackberry Internet Service - used by a non-corporate person in most cases) keys because those servers are operated by the carriers. BESs (Blackberry Enterprise Servers) are owned/operated by a company and RIM does NOT ever have the keys to give away. So the corporate customers using a BES are safe from the governments that have been the keys, Joe Blow on the street is not.

Best advice so far!

1. Facebook connect. Remember that Facebook only knows what you tell it. You could always make an account with only required fields filled out, NEVER use it as intended (set all the security/privacy to the highest and don't every friend anyone, join any groups, or "like" anything), and just use that as your SSO solution. Or if you simply refuse to use Facebook at all: 2. Lastpass. Can't say enough about these guys. It is FREE and just works.

Nice assumption that everyone on Slashdot has and/or is responsible for making such decisions!

These look neat. Might have to pick one up. Would make a good winter time "man cave" activity :)

Die in a fire!!!

Because they can! Profit $$$$$$$$$$$$
What are you going to do about it?

Well said and I agree with you 100% on all three points.

You basically described the RIM/Blackberry use case; why not use them? The Bold 9900 is actually a nice phone.

Agree with you both and nice insight into why they might be in this mess.