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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">From:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com">Mike Jones</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">Sent:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ý2/ý26/ý2014 6:31 AM</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">To:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">Subject:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The OpenID Foundation Launches the OpenID Connect Standard</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See <a href="http://openid.net/2014/02/26/the-openid-foundation-launches-the-openid-connect-standard/">
http://openid.net/2014/02/26/the-openid-foundation-launches-the-openid-connect-standard/</a> and the tweet at @openid.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This was also already favorably covered by TechCrunch: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/26/openid-foundation-launches-openid-connect-identity-protocol-with-support-from-google-microsoft-others/">
http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/26/openid-foundation-launches-openid-connect-identity-protocol-with-support-from-google-microsoft-others/</a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Cheers,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> -- Mike</p>
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