Peter, my parents&#39; responses inline.<br clear="all"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">

<div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">What is openid’s core value, for a parent?</span></p>

<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Here is a few of the spins I’ve heard over the last 2
years:</span></p>

<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>1<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Urls are so magical that your openid URL means you don’t need
multiple passwords</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>What? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div>

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<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>2<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Addresses commenting spam</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>What? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span></p>

<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>3<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Brings PGP’s web of trust to life, though linkup with ebay-reputation
systems</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>Huh? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in">

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<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>4<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Easy signup to new accounts</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>Oh!  Cool. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span></p>

<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>5<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Get portability of identity, like with your phone number</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>Umm... phone number I know.  But what&#39;s portable identity? </div>

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<p style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>6<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Addresses privacy policies  through explicit consent</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>um... privacy is good.</div></div>