[OpenID] Weighing In on TechCrunch's "Is OpenID Being Exploited By The Big Internet Companies?"

[David Recordon]

If you haven't seen it yet, TechCrunch posted this morning asking the  
question of if the big companies will really become relying parties.   
Their article is at http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/24/is-openid-being-exploited-by-the-big-internet-companies/ 
  and I just posted some of my thoughts too http://daveman692.livejournal.com/330423.html 
.  John McCrea of Plaxo also posted his thoughts http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/openid-smackdown/ 
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What do you all think about the balance between large companies being  
providers (helping to create an ecosystem where everyone will have an  
OpenID) versus also becoming relying parties?

--David