[Openid-specs-fapi] +1 on Plus

Tom Jones thomasclinganjones at gmail.com
Wed May 16 14:54:31 UTC 2018


i agree w/ Mike.

Peace ..tom

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 6:18 AM, Mike Jones via Openid-specs-fapi <
openid-specs-fapi at lists.openid.net> wrote:

> The historical reality is that the name "OpenID Connect" was derived from
> the already existing and prominent name "Facebook Connect".  (This was done
> with the involvement of David Recordon, who was then at Facebook.)  So
> people already understood what "Connect" meant.  We could say "Like
> Facebook Connect, but with your choice of identity provider" and people
> would get it.
>
>                                 -- Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Schwartz <mike at gluu.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 2:54 PM
> To: Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>
> Cc: Financial API Working Group List <openid-specs-fapi at lists.openid.net>
> Subject: Re: [Openid-specs-fapi] +1 on Plus
>
> Couldn't you say the same thing about "Connect"
>
> Connect what?
>
> - Mike
>
> On 2018-05-16 05:36, Mike Jones wrote:
> > Plus is a horrible name because it's meaningless.  Think about it.  If
> > we chose "Plus", the first part of every conversation in which it is
> > used would be to have to explain what it refers to, which everyone
> > would likely do slightly differently.  We shouldn't put ourselves or
> > those using the specs in that position.
> >
> >                               -- Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Openid-specs-fapi <openid-specs-fapi-bounces at lists.openid.net>
> > On Behalf Of Mike Schwartz via Openid-specs-fapi
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 5:52 AM
> > To: Financial API Working Group List
> > <openid-specs-fapi at lists.openid.net>
> > Cc: Mike Schwartz <mike at gluu.org>
> > Subject: [Openid-specs-fapi] +1 on Plus
> >
> > As Nat points out, OpenID is implicit in all names. So "Plus" is ok I
> > guess... we have "Connect", so it's not that different. "Plus" is
> > generic, but I guess that's the point. And at least it's only four
> > letters :-)
> >
> > - Mike
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