[OpenID] Purpose of OpenID Foundation and the Elections

[David Recordon]

And this is the million dollar question! :)

Should OpenID become the brand of the overall Open Stack or be a piece  
of technology that makes up a new brand.

On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Pat Cappelaere wrote:

> The question was about the branding position of the new board.
> I am not sure that the OIDF could take over that Open Stack and brand
> it... Or this is what you are advocating?
> Thanks,
> Pat.
>
> On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Allen Tom wrote:
>
>> Hi Pat,
>>
>> Is this question about branding, or a question about the underlying
>> protocols and technologies?
>>
>> 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.
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Allen
>>
>>
>> Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>>> I would really like to hear from the candidates about OpenID
>>> branding  and their position on possible brand extension with OAuth.
>>>
>>> What is their brand definition for OpenID and whether or not OAuth
>>> would be a natural extension?
>>>
>>> I really like the discussion that started with Eran and Johannes.
>>>
>>> Pat.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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