Of course, it would be great if they were relying parties as well (AOL is already one) but it shouldn't be underestimated that they have become OpenID board members (well, AOL hasn't). I think that documents that they have more interest in the technology than just promoting their brand.<br>
<br>Carsten<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:22 PM, David Recordon <<a href="mailto:drecordon@sixapart.com">drecordon@sixapart.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If you haven't seen it yet, TechCrunch posted this morning asking the<br>
question of if the big companies will really become relying parties.<br>
Their article is at <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/24/is-openid-being-exploited-by-the-big-internet-companies/" target="_blank">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/24/is-openid-being-exploited-by-the-big-internet-companies/</a><br>
and I just posted some of my thoughts too <a href="http://daveman692.livejournal.com/330423.html" target="_blank">http://daveman692.livejournal.com/330423.html</a><br>
. John McCrea of Plaxo also posted his thoughts <a href="http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/openid-smackdown/" target="_blank">http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/openid-smackdown/</a><br>
.<br>
<br>
What do you all think about the balance between large companies being<br>
providers (helping to create an ecosystem where everyone will have an<br>
OpenID) versus also becoming relying parties?<br>
<br>
--David<br>
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