[OpenID] Thinking About OpenID.com

[David Recordon]

Earlier today I came across a blog post (http://www.jason-preston.com/index.php/2008/03/18/why-openid-will-never-work/ 
) talking about some of the adoption hurdles around OpenID for normal  
people.  The largest concern still seems to come from how OpenID.net  
presents (or doesn't) itself in terms of being dead simple to actually  
get an OpenID.  While I don't agree with every point that Jason makes,  
I certainly understand what he is saying especially with how he ended  
his response to my comment:

 > I think it's just that the concept of OpenID is supposed to be  
"braindead simple login for disparate web services,"
 > and when you go to the page, what you see is "confusing multiple  
login accounts, none of which you can do
 > anything with from this page."

Thus the thought in my head is one that has come up in the past,  
though never anything we've done something about.  What if we actually  
purchase OpenID.com (like Jason suggested) and use it to be a dead- 
simple normal person destination site?  OpenID.net can remain more  
targeted for developers and we can stop fighting the battle of trying  
to make one site useful for everyone.

Does this make sense to others?  Would people see this as a useful way  
to spend OpenID Foundation resources?

Thanks,
--David