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

[David Recordon]

http://davidrecordon.com/2010/09/openid-technology-or-movement.html

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:

>  Hi Lukas,
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> The OIDF would welcome citations of any websites that are utilizing OpenID
> in positive way.  Don Thibeau, the Executive Director, is working on some
> upgrades to the website to help communicate the breadth and depth of
> deployments and benefits of OpenID.  If you have specific websites, case
> studies, blog articles that you’d like to contribute, please do so.  The
> more we have from the community, the stronger our story is.
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> Cheers, Brian
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> *From:* Lukas Rosenstock [mailto:lr at lukasrosenstock.net]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:52 PM
> *To:* Brian Kissel
> *Cc:* Melvin Carvalho; nathan at webr3.org; openid-general at lists.openid.net
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> *Subject:* Re: [OpenID] Seven sites you didn't know were using OpenID
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> Brian,
>
> thanks for sharing your insight! I think we all can understand the business
> decisions of these companies.
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> 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).
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> 2010/9/21 Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com>
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> 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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