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Any sufficiently advanced web site system is indistinguishable from an
OP. <br>
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Or, rather, can be turned into an OP. :)<br>
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Vinay Gupta wrote:
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I think that kind of misses the point. The *namespace* that google
manages is now open for business as an OpenID provider. It's an
unanticipated side-effect of the APIs.
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<div>I think it's kind of a big deal, actually, in terms of how
OpenID is right from an engineering perspective and how it can spread
in unexpected ways. If only login were so easy.</div>
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<div>Vinay<br>
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- Designer, Hexayurt Project - an excellent public domain refugee
shelter system</span></span></span></span></font></div>
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775-743-1851 (usually works!) <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://hexayurt.com">http://hexayurt.com</a>/</span></span></span></span></font></div>
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<div>On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:45 PM, John Ehn wrote:<br
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<div>I agree. I think this is an excellent technology
demonstration, but it is a third-party, not Google, that is enabling
the ID.</div>
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<div>John<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2008/4/9 Immad Akhund <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:i.akhund@gmail.com">i.akhund@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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Google eventually does make a proper OpenID provider all the OpenIDs
provided by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://openid-provider.appspot.com/" target="_blank">openid-provider.appspot.com</a>
would not match. <br>
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Would get very confusing apart from advanced users that understand the
distinction.<br>
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Immad
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Paul
Madsen <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:paulmadsen@rogers.com"
target="_blank">paulmadsen@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I
expect Google might have a (legal) opinion on characterizing this<br>
application as 'Google OpenID'<br>
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I think I'll wait for Google itself to enable my Gmail as an OpenID.<br>
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paul<br>
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Vinay Gupta wrote:<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://openid-provider.appspot.com/" target="_blank">http://openid-provider.appspot.com/</a><br>
><br>
> Somebody used their app hosting service and implemented an OpenID<br>
> provider.<br>
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> That kind of changes things, doesn't it?<br>
><br>
> Vinay<br>
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> --<br>
> Vinay Gupta - Designer, Hexayurt Project - an excellent public
domain<br>
> refugee shelter system<br>
> Gizmo Project VOIP: 775-743-1851 (usually works!)<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://hexayurt.com/"
target="_blank">http://hexayurt.com/</a><br>
> Cell: Iceland (+354) 869-4605<br>
> Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk: hexayurt<br>
> People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest<br>
> Herman Hesse<br>
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