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Hi Chris,<br>
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On 06/02/2009 09:59 PM, Chris Messina:
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<div>I am open to Eddy's point about large companies steam-rolling
the foundation, but am unclear what contributions smaller companies
have attempted to make that have been thwarted because of their
participation. If anything, the larger companies have validated the
protocol in the marketplace and driven a great deal of value for its
adoption, though not without creating a compromised situation with
directed identity where big brands are placed in priority against
self-hosted OpenIDs.</div>
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I'm not criticizing the efforts made by the big members, but I also
feel that efforts made by some of the less important board members and
other community members are either ignored or are going nowhere...In
this respect I have some testimonials received in private mails, and
some is obvious for anybody involved longer than 1- 2 years. Look who
is running the show....<br>
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However my critic is much less that, but rather things which should
have been done which were of importance to StartCom. Initially I think
it was Bill who tried to get some of the things going, but he quit as
the head of the foundation. Trying it after a long wait with Don has
resulted exactly in nothing.<br>
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Every member has (or might have) its own reasons for joining - one of
the main reasons which were important for StartCom simply were ignored
eventually (after a nice email confirming that it's taking care of).
Therefore there is hardly any basis to keep the membership for the
company without the return in expected value. (It might be for me as an
individual though).<br>
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<td>Signer: </td>
<td>Eddy Nigg, <a href="http://www.startcom.org">StartCom Ltd.</a></td>
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<td>Jabber: </td>
<td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org">startcom@startcom.org</a></td>
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<td>Blog: </td>
<td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org">Join the Revolution!</a></td>
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<td>Phone: </td>
<td>+1.213.341.0390</td>
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