Sun to Launch Digital ID, May Take on Microsoft http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010925/tc/tech_sun_microsoft_dc_1.html SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc.(Nasdaq:SUNW - news), said it would announce a ``digital identity'' initiative on Wednesday, a move that appeared to take aim at an old foe -- Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) -- and the software giant's Passport system for Internet commerce. Sun said in a statement on Tuesday that Scott McNealy, chief executive and chairman, would unveil the initiative ''surrounding digital identity solutions'' with an alliance of industry partners in a Wednesday morning conference call. ... At issue in part is the degree to which the organization holding personal data could use it, where the data would be held and the security of the personal information(...)