Although M$ has **** near unlimited funds...they cannot force anyone to use their product..if they ever pulled a move like forcing the use .net passport or any other application, people would begin to move away from such intrusive tacticts and either stick with current windows versions or even jump ship and move to linix.....with its current devolpment linix is gaining on the usablity of Winodows, and for M$ to pull a move like this, it would only increase the popularity of the underdog.. =Drew