[OpenID] schism over cardspace

[Peter Williams]

Arrgghh! 

A double negative was present in my last post, due to over-editing and poor proof-reading.

It SHOULD HAVE read, and this is a formal correction:

"What I did NOT say there .... was ... I like OpenID, speaking personally. It’s a gut feeling."




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Williams
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 7:49 PM
> To: Peter Williams; Joseph Holsten
> Cc: general at openid.net
> Subject: RE: [OpenID] schism over cardspace
> 
> > These community issues are what are holding up a positive
> endorsement. I
> > cannot ajduge the sufficiency of the methods of meritocracy. I cannot
> > see the IP threads, and who is claiming what. I cannot find a
> reference
> > Implementation. And, the spec is entirely devoid of rationale.
> 
> [Peter Williams]
> 
> What I didn’t NOT say there .... was ... I like OpenID, speaking
> personally. It’s a gut feeling.
> 
> There are just certain formal exams one has to pass, to meet the bar of
> wider acceptability. Peter's opinion is irrelevant. But, I knows who's
> opinion is very relevant and I know how to pass their entrance exams.
> 
> OpenIDv2 reminds me of SSLv2. Still some ways to go, but coming along
> nicely.
> 
> For anyone that remembers, I spent 2 years of my life sitting in
> exactly the email hotseat the openid founders are now sitting in. I
> know what drivel was thrown at me, on why SSL and PKI would never work
> to solve the $50 credit card fraud problem. Obviously, it did - judged
> by the only metric that matters: consumer confidence.