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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Scott,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 color=blue
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:blue'>Higgins</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=blue
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:blue'> is not an IBM project. It’s owned by the community of
committers most of whom do not work for IBM (nor Eclipse!). The Eclipse Foundation
is just like Apache or Mozilla. Anyone can propose a project and host the
project there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>FWIW, I think bridging
the OpenID, CardSpace, etc. islands, adding more direct user control over their
data, enhancing privacy, working with the policy community (e.g. at Berkman) on
privacy, etc. is reasonably “far reaching.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>What “crisis”
did you have in mind?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>-Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
general-bounces@openid.net [mailto:general-bounces@openid.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Scott Hanselman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 15, 2007
3:28 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Dick Hardt; general@openid.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OpenID] Higgens</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Ah, is that all?
Heh. Crisis averted. Thanks. I guess I figured since it was IBM and Eclipse
that it’d be more complex and far-reaching.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Scott<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.computerzen.com">www.computerzen.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dick Hardt
[mailto:dick@sxip.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 14, 2007
11:51 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Scott Hanselman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> general@openid.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OpenID] Higgens<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Higgins</span></font></st1:PersonName> is a InfoCard
selector and has plans on speaking OpenID.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>-- Dick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 14-Feb-07, at 11:38 PM, Scott Hanselman wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can someone
explain to me how <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Higgins</st1:PersonName>[1] fits
into the OpenID/CardSpace/Identity 2.0 ecosystem? I can see how
OpenID/CardSpace neatly help each other, but <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Higgins</st1:PersonName>
seems like a “me too” and I’m sure I’m missing
something.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>[1] <a
href="http://www.eclipse.org/higgins">http://www.eclipse.org/higgins</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Scott <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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