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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Google (US) should be able to count how many US-resident’s
blogs have armed the openid module, and estimate how much use there actually is
of authenticated comments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yahoo (US) should be easily able to count the number of uses of
its OP, by distinct OpenIDs. This implies the # of Yahoo account user who have adopted
the openid form of a YahooID. Again, they know which Yahoo accounts are US
residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The folks in Portland, OR should be able to count how many assertions
they are issuing, for distinct users. By IP address breakdown, they can track by
country the browser doing the indirect communication (or not in, for US stats)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I’m personally a bit more interested in these types of
stats, rather than general awareness. Even more interesting would be to see
the rate of change curves over the last 12 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Concerning awareness tho, wasn’t it the BBC who recently made
OpenID ultra-famous through a TV news magazine article? Let’s not
underestimate the power of such brands and the value of the independent judgment
they bring. I know I started programming at age 14 (1979!) because one of my
friends was using the BBC micro computer, downloading text documents and 6509-micro
programs from the broadcast TV signals, webstyle. I also remember being really
frustrated, later, because I could not understand how its “digital”
modem worked…given there was no American-style telco line involved …doing
classical analog modulation of a carrier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> general-bounces@openid.net
[mailto:general-bounces@openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Snorri<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Nat Sakimura'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> general@openid.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SPAM]Re: [OpenID] Latest Development in Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We have few statistics in France that we probably can adapt in
the European level,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>14,5% of the Internet Users know the name “OpenID”
(no necessary exactly what is it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>and 4,7% (72% are bloggers) have already used one time,
it’s already a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This is why I am saying that your percentages are really amazing
(28% = +20 million?)….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have ordered a new study on a panel of 230 French Internet
Users<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>And I would like establish similar studies in others European
countries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I hope to obtain these new results as soon a possible… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In US…?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>-Snorri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nat Sakimura
[mailto:sakimura@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> samedi 18 octobre 2008 06:16<br>
<b>À :</b> Snorri<br>
<b>Cc :</b> general@ope</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>nid.net<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [OpenID] Latest Development in Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>Is there a similar statistics for EU (and US)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>=nat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Snorri
<snorri@snorri.eu> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Very impressive Statistics! </span><span
lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The Japan becomes the bow of
the OpenID ship!</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Congratulation for the hard
work of OIDF-J Team</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Cheers</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>-Snorri</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt'>De :</span></b><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net"
target="_blank">general-bounces@openid.net</a> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">general-bounces@openid.net</a>]
<b>De la part de</b> Nat Sakimura<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> vendredi 17 octobre 2008 14:00<br>
<b>À :</b> <a href="mailto:general@openid.net" target="_blank">general@openid.net</a><br>
<b>Objet :</b> [OpenID] Latest Development in Japan</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang=FR> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>I have been sooo busy that I did not produce
any report on OpenID developments in Japan since last I have done for mixi back
in August. <br>
<br>
There has been bunch of notable events since then. <br>
<br>
2008-9-12 Livedoor Blog adopted "mixi OpenID" group authentication
for their blog service. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR> It allows the blog article to be
published to a limited group. The<span style='color:#1F497D'>y </span> same
is true for commenting etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR> Livedoor is one of the major blog
provider in Japan (besides many other things.) They are also acting as OP. <br>
<br>
2008-9-29 NEC released an Authentication Platform Software
"NC7000-3A-OI" that supports OpenID. <br>
It is a federated identity system. It supports both SAML and OpenID. <br>
<br>
2008-10-02 SourceForge.JP started to support OpenID <br>
Unlike <a href="http://sourceforge.net" target="_blank">sourceforge.net</a>,
it also supports XRI/i-names. <br>
<br>
2008-10-06 BIGLOBE started offering OpenID<br>
One of the biggest ISP in Japan, NEC BIGLOBE started the service as an
OP. <br>
It uses EV-SSL, and is https only OP. <br>
<br>
2008-10-06 Rakuten, the biggest online merchant in Japan, started offering
OpenID based payment<br>
Rakuten, the biggest online merchant in Japan, started offering OpenID
based payment. <br>
By using this system, you will not required to give out your credit card
number. <br>
(You are still required to input security code of the credit card,
though.)<br>
<br>
2008-10-15 Internet.com Survay: 28% Japanese Internet User are aware of OpenID.
<br>
Accroding to the survay by <a href="http://internet.com" target="_blank">internet.com</a>
and marsh research which was conducted <br>
over 300 internet user (50% male, 50% female, 20% each of 20s, 30s, 40s,
50s, 60s), <br>
263 of them were using sites that requires authentication. Among them,
28% of them <br>
knew about OpenID, and 15% were using OpenID. <br>
This is a big increase compared to a similar survay back in February
where <br>
only 12% knew about OpenID and only 1.2% of them were using it. <br>
<br>
Cheers, <br>
<br>
-- <br>
Nat Sakimura (=nat)<br>
<a href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/" target="_blank">http://www.sakimura.org/en/</a><br>
OpenID Foundation Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<br>
-- <br>
Nat Sakimura (=nat)<br>
<a href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/">http://www.sakimura.org/en/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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