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David, are you really surprised by that? Why can't or don't want the
big providers rely on other OpenID providers? Think...<br>
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David Recordon:<br>
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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?
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That's were OpenID will be missing the point really. Should have AOL or
Yahoo announced to allow login to their respective accounts with OpenID
(any OpenID), this would have been real support and also real news.
Right now, it doesn't look too good IMO :-(<br>
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