[OpenID] Seven sites you didn't know were using OpenID

[Lukas Rosenstock]

Brian,
thanks for sharing your insight! I think we all can understand the business
decisions of these companies.

There's only one concern that I have and that is about the OIDF (openid.net)
promoting such sites as great examples of OpenID adoption. As for my belief
what OpenID stands for they aren't, they're *just* great examples of
delegated signon adoption (and Janrain Engage adoption).

2010/9/21 Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com>

>
> The vision is still there, but the market realities of what it takes to get
> adoption are driving things.  When we met with 15 or so media companies in
> NYC for the Content Provider Advisory Committee almost two years ago, they
> told us point blank that the type in box wasn’t going to work for them.
> They wanted a button and brands that consumers were comfortable with.  They
> wanted data from the OPs – name, email address, zip code, age, gender, etc.
> Google, Yahoo, AOL, MySpace, Flickr, Blogger, etc. were the brands and
> services that mattered most at the time. Now Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
> and Microsoft LiveID are also important to many RPs.  PayPal, Telcos, ISPs,
> banks, cable operators, etc. may also enter the market.  If smaller OPs want
> to have a place in the market, they need to earn it, just like a new airline
> or phone company would.  There will be RPs who value and benefit from
> accepting thousands of individual OPs, but it may not be the major websites,
> at least initially.
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