My colleague Mitch Wagner (who provided me the tools to program the e-mail dialog over on the right) has a good take on the collapse of RealNames — a not-so-great idea that finally cratered.
Of particular interest is the CEO’s weblog painting Microsoft as the villain. It’s a role that Microsoft is particularly well suited for, and the weblog has been a huge instant hit over the last couple of days. But read Mitch’s piece, which observes that not even Microsoft can save a bad idea.
