[OpenID] Dick Hardt joins Microsoft -- will represent Community at OIDF

[Peter Williams]

So now you are all self-outed, how can we get the thousands of third-party vb.net application developers to contribute what they are always so-good at doing?

As always, a Microsoft platform deliverable has to enable *them*.

Speaking as one of them, albeit writing in C, the Windows Server websso platform to date has not been particular well structured to us. I want to see someone actually write a new account store (not just use what comes with the product). Someone should be able easily to write a new openid cryptosuite and explore it in the private interworking arrangements, not just put up with the openid handshake. They should be able to see if Kerberos+ssl is a better match for openid than pki+ssl. They should be able to drop in a dll, and a new private extension is added to the openid stack. They should be able to take their hard-earned ldap schema and convert into a namespace for AX.

And of course, lots and lots of gateways. One should be able to send an openid auth request, into whose response generator a third  party can hook a private SAML AuthnRequest/Response. They should be able to take an AX schema, and make it cooperate with a SAML2 attribute contract.


Unlike any another mainstream CA product, Microsoft's CA product did that kind of thing perfectly - allowing folks without domain-specialist skills to learn, contribute and develop the area of a symmetric key management (and SSL). Do please copy the model, and do enable the third party app developers.  Then openid is not only getting Microsoft engineering. It's getting the power of the Microsoft developer community.

-----Original Message-----
From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Mike Jones
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:56 PM
To: Dick Hardt; general at openid.net List
Subject: Re: [OpenID] Dick Hardt joins Microsoft -- will represent Community at OIDF

My perspective: http://self-issued.info/?p=95.

Welcome Dick!

-----Original Message-----
From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Dick Hardt
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:38 AM
To: general at openid.net List
Subject: [OpenID] Dick Hardt joins Microsoft -- will represent Community at OIDF

I'm announcing today that I am joining Microsoft in January[1],[2]

I'm running for a community seat on the OpenID Board and am announcing
my move earlier then I would like because the elections are about to
start, and want to ensure I am transparent.

Although my future employer will be Microsoft, a condition I required
to run for a community seat would be that my actions and directions as
an OpenID Foundation board member would be independent from
Microsoft's directions.

If the community elects me to the board, I will continue to be
independent (easy to do for those that know me) and will be doing what
I think is in the best interest of the Community.

One way of viewing this is that the OpenID Community now has another
major proponent at Microsoft.

Questions: feel free to email me privately or on this list.

-- Dick

[1] Professional details http://identity20.com

[2] Personal details http://blame.ca
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