Web Access Management
Martin Atkins
mart at degeneration.co.uk
Thu Apr 5 23:40:34 UTC 2007
Hans Granqvist wrote:
>> Ping demoed OpenID technology at RSA.
>>
>> I hear Novell and IBM are looking at supporting OpenID.
>>
>> Microsoft has said they will in future products.
>>
>> Oracle and CA are following OpenID.
>>
>> So, yes. :-)
>>
>
> I'm curious why almost all of these companies are non-existent
> on the mailing lists. Any insights?
>
It seems that at this time the uncertain policies for issues such as
patents and trademarks surrounding OpenID are putting off larger
companies from directly participating.
This is a current hot-topic for the OpenID Foundation, since getting
such companies fully on board would likely be beneficial.
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