[OpenID] What are openids weaknesses?

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

John Panzer wrote:
> Hans Granqvist wrote:
>> 2. "I am not a URL." OpenID sees users as web resources, but
>> identifying yourself with a URL (any type) is geeky and a hurdle
>> to wide adoption.
>>     
> This is not an argument that Yet Another Namespace isn't annoying, but 
> that there is suggestive history that this isn't a long term problem.
I think, that's the weakest argument "against" OpenID. With todays 
blogger mentality, a URL makes even sense - specially with bloggers as a 
target for adoption in mind. Aren't those URI's exactly like OpenID 
URI's? Something like http://myname.weblong.com or 
http://weblog.com/myname ? That's about as bad as "myname" as user name...

I think there are more valid and urgent arguments concerning OpenID's 
weakness...

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