[OpenID] Purpose of OpenID Foundation and the Elections
Johannes Ernst
jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us
Sat Dec 13 03:24:16 UTC 2008
On Dec 12, 2008, at 18:06, Allen Tom wrote:
> As far as branding is concerned, my personal belief is that there
> should
> be a single Open Stack Brand that includes OpenID, OAuth, XRD,
> Portable
> Contacts, XMPP, and other complimentary protocols.
Yes!
> Most of the news
> articles that I've seen about Facebook Connect refer to OpenID as the
> open alternative to Connect, but OpenID as a technology is just a
> small
> component of the stack that is needed to mimic Connect. Given that
> OpenID is already perceived to be the Open Stack, it might make
> sense to
> just group them all into one brand under OpenID name.
Yes!!
> Speaking as an engineer, in my opinion, it's far more important to
> actually build and deploy an integrated solution than it is to worry
> about branding.
;-)
> That being said, a solution called
> OpenID/OAuth/XRD/PoCo/XMPP/XFN/hCard deserves a catchy name.
[I know Pat asked other candidates, but when somebody important says
something as important as what Allen just said, I usually cannot
resist to shout ;-) ]
Cheers,
Johannes Ernst
NetMesh Inc.
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