OpenID Fan Club Is Shrinking · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 7, 2009 @09:20AM from the and-watch-that-basket-carefully dept.

A.B. VerHausen writes "Even though there's a whole new Web site devoted to understanding and using OpenID, some companies are dropping the login method altogether. OStatic is reporting that the 'free Web site network Wetpaint announced recently that it will no longer support OpenID as a login option for its wiki, citing low usage and high support costs as reasons.' Apparently, fewer than 200 registered users bothered with OpenID, and the extra QA and development time doesn't make it worthwhile to support. This can't come as welcome news on top of the internal issues the article mentions the OpenID Foundation is having now, too." I've actually been quite happy with OpenID, since I have spawned far too many username/password pairs over the last 20-plus years, but it's a major chicken-and-egg problem. Hopefully someone out there will build a better mousetrap ...

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my fp list is growing! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-07 09:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

eat out my asshole, you fags.
Reminder: Thursday is shaved pussy day.
1. Re:my fp list is growing! by 0100010001010011 · 2009-01-07 09:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Wrong. Thursday is a drinking day.
  Monday is a Whacking Day.
  Tuesday is a Finger Day.
  Wednesday is an AAAAH Day.
  Thursday is a drinking day.
  Friday is a Fucking Day.
  SATURDAY IS A RUGBY DAY.
  (I bet the /. & Rugby union set is a small one.)