Finally the Shit has hit the fan!

[SitG Admin]

><http://hueniverse.com/2010/06/xauth-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea/>http://hueniverse.com/2010/06/xauth-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea/

Well, his points against it are quite valid. Having a centralized 
component to a decentralized architecture, especially one that all 
parties must *rely* upon, would violate the essential spirit of the 
idea.

(That said, if any of them *want* to do it, they may do so 
unofficially, with neither the involvement nor sanction of the 
community. Then, when the inevitable user backlash arrives - or, as 
you put it, "the shit hits the fan" - they alone suffer the 
reputation hit and loss to market share, compounded by having done so 
against the recommendations of the majority of the OpenID movement 
itself.)

I realize that you're in favor of the centralized component, but 
please do try to understand why this philosophy is diametrically 
opposed by OpenID.

-Shade
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