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<p class=MsoNormal>This is thanks to all who made the OpenID Summit UX such a
success. Comprehensive and candid presentations by Google,
Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, JanRain and Yahoo! were highly responsive to the “voice
of the customer” theme Brian Kissel and the adoption committee used to
organize the agenda. The ‘voice of the RP’ was made real by the
presentation and strong presence of the Sears development team and the participation
of a impressive cross section of industries, applications and RP’s. We
plan to post all content soon on the Summit’s wiki and <u><span
style='color:blue'><a href="http://openid.net">http://openid.net</a></span></u><u>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Foundation‘s agenda for 2010 features a series of OpenID
Summits. While deliberately set in different locations; all are meant to build
on complementary agendas toward a common goal, accelerating the pace of
development and adoption. The next Summit on April 5 and 6 at the Microsoft facilities
in Mountain View will focus on evolving OpenID; emphasizing a theme Technology Committee
Chair Dick Hardt calls “improving the product. This next week will
be key to building that agenda with input from the adoption committee takeaways
from the UX Summit, proposals by the co hosts Microsoft and Google and suggestions
from the Technology committees meetings next week in San Francisco. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks again to the Sears team for being such great hosts
and accommodating a successful experiment in videoconferencing to both coasts. And
thanks as well to Google for opening online and office facilities to all comers
in DC and CA. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Don Thibeau<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>don@OIDF.org<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The OpenID Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
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