[OpenID] Clippinger and the Berkman Center

[Dave Kearns]

John was probably thinking of The Berkman Conference on User Centric
Identity and Commerce (June 19-21, 2006). Being an old codger like myself,
he may have thought it was the cause of IIW (2006A was only a few weeks
before that conference, and the first to use that name, I think), rather
than (as I remember) being a result of the first meeting at Cal. Berkman
(via Paul Trevithick and the Higgins Project) was well represented at the
original meeting in Berkeley in late 2005, though.

-dave



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:openid-general-bounces at lists.openid.net]On Behalf Of Brian
> Hamlin
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:51 PM
> To: openid-general at lists.openid.net
> Subject: [OpenID] Clippinger and the Berkman Center
>
>
> Did John Clippinger stand on stage at Gov 2.0 this week and claim that
> *he* and the Berkman center organized the Internet identity community,
> leading to OpenID, among other things ??
>
> Did Mr. Clippinger neglect to give due credit to the Internet Identity
> Workshop, the first occurrence of which was held in Berkeley,
> California ?
>
> Without being present, this appears to me to be an outrageous attempt
> at institutionally backed grand standing, ignoring real grass roots
> organizing, attempting to re-write history and take credit for the
> enormous undertaking that has become OpenID.
>
>    -Brian M Hamlin
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