[OpenID] OpenID required

[Nick Cernis | Goburo]

We love OpenID.

Shortly we'll be releasing our first OpenID-enabled web app into the  
wild, and are currently considering making it a condition at signup  
that an OpenID is required. There would be no alternative sign up  
method - get an OpenID or do not pass go. Is it a good idea  
championing OpenID in this way, or do people here consider it  
commercial suicide given OpenID's fairly narrow (but rapidly growing)  
uptake? My assumption is that one day OpenID will be a replacement  
for traditional sign-up methods - why not start the revolution now  
and give it a further kick-start?

Naturally we'd make it very easy for people to get an OpenID if they  
don't have one (we're launching an OpenID server/provider too), but  
I'd be very keen on hearing the community's thoughts, particularly  
whether anyone else has been brave enough to go for an all-or-nothing  
approach?

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Nick Cernis | Director
Goburo Limited

West Yorkshire, UK

T: +44 (0)113 815 1150
E: nick at goburo.com

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