It seems to me that the broader market is coalescing around OpenID as the brand for open standards-based user managed identity in a B2C environment. My take away from the last couple of board meetings is that we should embrace that, not avoid it. Most RPs and end users don't really care what's under the hood, they want solutions that address their business and personal objectives. Let's see how we can best leverage the open standards work being developed and deployed by a number of stakeholders to address real market needs and benefits.
Cheers, Brian ___________ Brian Kissel CEO - JanRain, Inc. [email protected] Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502 519 SW 3rd Ave. Suite 600 Portland, OR 97204 Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with RPX. Learn more at www.rpxnow.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eran Hammer-Lahav Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 7:11 PM To: Dick Hardt; Allen Tom Cc: Joseph Smarr; OpenID Board (public); [email protected] Subject: RE: [OpenID board] Why Connect? > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:openid-specs- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dick Hardt > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:29 PM > Labelling this as OpenID seems to be hijacking the OpenID brand. And this is where you got it all wrong! Labeling this as OpenID is giving the OpenID brand once last chance to offer something useful and meaningful that developers actually use. Calling it OAuth Connect would result in hijacking the community. I'm clearly willing to do that (though my presence here should indicate my interest in saving the OpenID brand). The question is, is this something the OpenID community and board wants to risk? EHL _______________________________________________ specs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs _______________________________________________ specs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs
