[OpenID] “OpenID” selected as the 3rd runner up in the 2008 IT Buzz Words in Japan.

[David Recordon]

This is great news!  It's really amazing to see how OpenID continues  
to take off in Japan.

--David

On Dec 27, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Nat Sakimura wrote:

> On Dec. 22, Tokyo IT Newspaper published this year's buzz word  
> ranking. (http://itnp.net/category_betsu/24/2167/)
> The ranking is done in Sumo Ranking style and they are Ranked as  
> "Yokozuna (Grand Champion)", "Ozeki (Champion, 2nd highest rank)",  
> "Sekiwake (Junior Champion, 3rd highest rank)" etc.
>
> This year, Yokozuna was iPhone, which was no surprise since it was  
> the first year in Japan. Ozeki was Google Street View, which is no  
> surprise either.
>
> What surprised me though was the 3rd highest rank, Sekiwake, which  
> turned out to be OpenID. It ranked higher than NetBooks (eePCs etc.)  
> or Google Chrome, etc.
>
> Anyhow, it is good to hear something that is assuring of our  
> marketing activity.
>
> For more details, see http://www.sakimura.org/en/modules/wordpress/index.php?p=68
>
>
> -- 
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> http://www.sakimura.org/en/
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