Saturday, December 1, 2007

The Troubles With OpenID 2.0

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_troubles_with_openid_20.php
"Portland, Oregon's JanRain, leaders in the OpenID movement, put on a PR push this week to promote what they say is the imminent approval of OpenID 2.0's final draft. Specifically, they say that they expect the final signatures to be penned on Monday at the upcoming Internet Identity Workshop.

General consensus is that it's the finalization of 2.0 that many big players have been waiting on. Remember when Digg said they would support OpenID, for example? In theory, this is what they and many others are waiting on.

Here's how I explain OpenID. Once you register an OpenID with any of a number of vendors (like JanRain's MyOpenID.com) then you can login with it anywhere that supports OpenID login. You can also use your existing accounts from a growing number of services as an OpenID login, like AIM, Bloglines, WordPress, etc.

What's the value for the user?"

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