[OpenID] Musing on FaceBook, OpenID and the next mountain to climb

[Dick Hardt]

On 1-Aug-08, at 4:36 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote:

>
> On 2008/08/01, at 14:09, Paul Trevithick wrote:
>> The problem is that this isn’t a technical issue. FB currently has  
>> no business incentive to use open technologies ...
>
> I would have said the same thing about Yahoo, AOL etc....  
> nevertheless they have decided to go the open route.
>
> I would agree with you, but have been proven wrong. Let's simply see  
> what they will do ... I do know that several people from the  
> community have been rolling out the red carpet to them ... whether  
> they walk over it is there own choice. Invited they clearly are.

I think that they are standing on the carpet and peaking in the door  
to see if the community is willing to work with them.

-- Dick

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