Right. As far as I know it will be a fully OpenID 2.0 compliant OP when finally launched. It's not live yet! I think they launched it a bit prematurely in response to Microsoft’s announcement.
Have a nice weekend, Markus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabian Pichler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "XWiki Developers" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 9:47 AM Subject: [gsoc] Re: [xwiki-devs] Windows Live ID Becomes an OpenID Provider Hi all I think it is not that dramic. Read on openid.net itself: http://openid.net/ > There was some > discussion<http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/google-doesnt-use-openid/>from a > few people yesterday claiming that Google's implementation was a fork > of OpenID. Today, Eric Sachs, Google's lead on this effort, has another > post<http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/10/moving-another-step-closer-to-single.html>responding > > to some of this early criticism: > > That registration requirement also led to some confusion because users > wanted to be able to use existing websites that accept OpenID 2.0 > compliant > logins by simply entering gmail.com (or in some cases their E-mail > address) into the login boxes on those websites. … Once the XRDS file is > live, end-users should be able to use the service by typing gmail.com in > the OpenID field of any login box that supports OpenID 2.0, similar to how > Yahoo users can type yahoo.com or their Yahoo E-mail address (In the > meantime, if you feel really geeky, you can type > https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id into an OpenID 2.0 login box). > > Cheers, Fabian 2008/10/30 Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean wrote: > > > For the record, Google is now an Open ID provider : > > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/29/your-gmail-account-is-now-an-openid/ > > Not really. AFAIU google is not using OpenID but an extension of > OpenID that is not compatible with the spec if we are to believe this > post: > http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/google-doesnt-use-openid/ > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Markus Lanthaler > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi there, > >> > >> Microsoft just announced at the PDC that Windows Live ID becomes an > >> OpenID > >> Provider [1]. This will create millions of new OpenID users to the > >> already > >> existing ones of Yahoo, AOL, Blogger, Flickr, and so on. > >> > >> I can hardly wait to see my OpenID support to be integrated into > >> the next > >> XWiki release :-) > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Markus > >> > >> > >> [1] http://dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/archive/2008/10/27/421.aspx > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fabian Pichler synventis gmbh Gerbergasse 30 CH - 4001 Basel The information contained in this message may be confidential and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the infor- mation, or copying of this message is prohibited. _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
