[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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