[OpenID] Purpose of OpenID Foundation and the Elections

[Pat Cappelaere]

I actually was hoping that more candidates would articulate their  
positions on that matter :(
Raising a question is not quite sufficient.
Sorry :(
But I would like to thank Tom for declaring his position.
Pat.


On Dec 13, 2008, at 5:31 AM, David Recordon wrote:

> And this is the million dollar question! :)
>
> Should OpenID become the brand of the overall Open Stack or be a  
> piece of technology that makes up a new brand.
>
> On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>
>> The question was about the branding position of the new board.
>> I am not sure that the OIDF could take over that Open Stack and brand
>> it... Or this is what you are advocating?
>> Thanks,
>> Pat.
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Allen Tom wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Pat,
>>>
>>> Is this question about branding, or a question about the underlying
>>> protocols and technologies?
>>>
>>> As far as branding is concerned, my personal belief is that there
>>> should be a single Open Stack Brand that includes OpenID, OAuth,
>>> XRD, Portable Contacts, XMPP, and other complimentary protocols.
>>> Most of the news articles that I've seen about Facebook Connect
>>> refer to OpenID as the open alternative to Connect, but OpenID as a
>>> technology is just a small component of the stack that is needed to
>>> mimic Connect. Given that OpenID is already perceived to be the Open
>>> Stack, it might make sense to just group them all into one brand
>>> under OpenID name.
>>>
>>> Speaking as an engineer, in my opinion, it's far more important to
>>> actually build and deploy an integrated solution than it is to worry
>>> about branding. That being said, a solution called OpenID/OAuth/XRD/
>>> PoCo/XMPP/XFN/hCard deserves a catchy name.
>>>
>>> Allen
>>>
>>>
>>> Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>>>> I would really like to hear from the candidates about OpenID
>>>> branding  and their position on possible brand extension with  
>>>> OAuth.
>>>>
>>>> What is their brand definition for OpenID and whether or not OAuth
>>>> would be a natural extension?
>>>>
>>>> I really like the discussion that started with Eran and Johannes.
>>>>
>>>> Pat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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