Mozilla has been aware of that hesitation long enough to have just released its long-in-development Persona sign-in service as a beta.

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Mr. Lozoya also envisions Pemex acting as a lever of development for the economy, spurring the development of a stronger oil service sector and promote new industries like ethanol.

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Salesforce.com has Force.com, a development platform that sits on top of its industrial-strength software-as-a-service infrastructure.

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