[OpenID] More on the Visa analogy

[Peter Williams]

I trust you, johannes.

Please endeavor to get adopted a rule that any non sstaining member representative/employee or his/her employer must here disclose soliciting  or receiving funds form us government agencies, for projects involving openid technology. In paticular, folks must - irrespective of bid or other confidentiality rules - disclose if openid/websso patent claims or filings ever become material to any business they are involved in bidding or transacting. Since that may present legal conflict, folks should be given the opportunity to alternatively resign on the grounds of conflict of interest.


-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Ernst <jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:45 PM
To: OpenID List <general at openid.net>
Subject: [OpenID] More on the Visa analogy


This election has been rather useful for me so far already. I'm
learning stuff, because your questions force us board candidates to
think hard about some things ... thank you, everybody! Let's keep
those questions coming ...

Some more thoughts on the parallel between Visa and OpenID:
        http://netmesh.info/jernst

Writing this down, I'm beginning to realize just why this election
matters, and why the OpenID Foundation matters, or should matter, in a
rather significant way, in 2009 and beyond.




Johannes Ernst
NetMesh Inc.