To the Janrain folks: do you have the raw data available that was used to generate your RP chart? I tried to approximate it so that it looked a little prettier, but having the source data would be very useful.
Thanks! Chris On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:23 PM, David Recordon <[email protected]> wrote: > From http://openid.net/2009/01/15/momentum/ > --David > 2008: Momentum > OpenID 1/15/09 12:51 PM David Recordon News 2008 adoption community Comments > > 2008 was an awesome year for OpenID where the community created significant > momentum moving toward mainstream adoption. No, not every site on the web > is using OpenID nor does every consumer know what OpenID does, but last year > alone the number of sites that accept OpenID for sign in more than > tripled1. Today, there are over thirty-thousand publicly accessible sites > supporting OpenID for sign in and well over half a billion OpenID enabled > accounts. > > AOL2, Google3, Microsoft4, mixi (the largest social network in Japan)5 and > Yahoo!6 have all shipped OpenID Provider implementations with nearly all of > them supporting OpenID 2.0. > In addition to many of the independent OpenID Providers already supporting > the ability to exchange profile data, Google added the ability to do so in a > limited fashion with AOL7, mixi8 and Yahoo!9 have all introduced it in a > limited beta fashion. This means that OpenID users signing into your site > will easily be able to share information like their preferred username or > email address if they wish to do so. > A number of major sites added support to sign in using OpenID including > AOL's MapQuest10, Google's Blogger11, Microsoft's Health Vault12, > SourceForge13 as well as the commenting services TypePad Connect14 and > Intense Debate (which in turn enabled Barack Obama's Change.gov15). Google > Friend Connect also enabled any site to support OpenID sign in via > JavaScript16 which thousands of sites have done. > Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo! joined the board of the OpenID > Foundation17 bringing additional insight, complementing the community board > members and helping financially support the organization. > A Japanese chapter of the OpenID Foundation was formed in February18 and has > since added nearly forty-five member companies19; including merchants, > portals, educational institutions, insurance companies, manufacturing > companies, airlines and banks. > The BBC hosted twenty-six people from seventeen organizations in New York > City to kick off an OpenID Content Provider Advisory Committee20 meeting > facilitated by JanRain and the OpenID Foundation. Through the day specific > questions by the content provider community (media companies and national > affinity groups) were answered about OpenID and a discussion around how it > could benefit the participants by supporting OpenID. > The OpenID Foundation helped push forward usability and user experience > research and best practices, by hosting an OpenID user experience summit led > largely by Yahoo! and Google. The community plans to continue this work > throughout 2009, with many individuals and companies participating. > Projects aimed squarely at open source developers like the Pinax platform > which is built atop Django or the DiSo project atop WordPress and Movable > Type integrated OpenID support as a core feature, making it even easier to > build new social websites with support for OpenID sign in. These of course > join the likes of Ruby on Rails which already had an OpenID plugin used by > sites like 37Signals. > The OpenID Provider Authentication Policy Extension was approved as a > finalized OpenID specification21. It enables Relying Parties to request > that the Provider employ specified authentication policies such as that the > Provider employ a phishing-resistant authentication method. > Multiple community driven projects looked at how OpenID usability and > security could be improved by integrating OpenID with the web browser. > Coming into 2008, VeriSign had launched their OpenID SeatBelt plugin and > Sxip launched Sxipper for FireFox and Flock. In 2008, not only did > VeriSign22 and Vidoop23 add one-click sign in functionality to their OpenID > Providers, but Flock, MySpace and Vidoop collaboratively launched a new > project called Identity in the Browser24. I also wrote my thoughts on > Getting OpenID Into the Browser, talking about why an identity enabled web > browser really should be built. > The first annual election of the OpenID Foundation's community board members > was held where one-hundred-and-seventy-five members voted resulting in the > election of Brian Kissel, Chris Messina, David Recordon, Eric Sachs, Nat > Sakimura, and Snorri Giorgetti25. > > Indeed, the launch of Facebook Connect – a completely proprietary identity > system for the web – in 2008 underscores the importance of open > standards-based technologies like OpenID. Certainly it provides clear > motivation to the entire OpenID community to demonstrate the value of > decentralization and interoperability with an additional emphasis on > usability, security and consumer friendliness. > > While Facebook Connect continues introducing consumers and companies to the > idea of shared sign in and profile exchange, forward-looking social networks > like MySpace are now building the same functionality atop OpenID, OAuth, > OpenSocial and other non-proprietary technologies. To their credit, > Facebook continues to participate in an increasing number of meetups and > events around OpenID. > > Considering all that has been accomplished by the community since OpenID 1.0 > first appeared on LiveJournal in 2005, in its short three-year history, > OpenID has seen phenomenal adoption by individuals, the open source > community, non-profits and companies. 2009 most certainly will see a > continuation of that trend, especially as usability, consumer utility and > pragmatic solutions become the focus. > > Relying Party Stats as of Jan 1st, 2009 > Why AOL Created 63 Million New OpenIDs > Google is Now an OpenID Provider > Windows Live Adds Support For OpenID, Calls It De Facto Login Standard > mixi Supports OpenID with the Simple Registration Extension > Yahoo Implements OpenID; Massive Win For The Project > AOL releases preview support for SREG > Mixi Brings Sophisticated OpenID to Millions of Japanese Users > Yahoo! OpenID limited testing for Simple Registration support > AOL's MapQuest Integrates OpenID > Blogger Buzz: OpenID Commenting > Microsoft's First Step In Accepting OpenID SignOns - HealthVault > SourceForge Allows OpenID Logins > TypePad Connects to Google, AOL, Yahoo! and more > Barack Obama's Change.gov Adds OpenID > Google Friend Connect: now available > Evolving the Foundation Board > Supporting OpenID Communities Around the World > OpenID Japan Launches with 32 Member Companies > OpenID Content Provider Advisory Committee Kickoff Meeting > PAPE Approved as an OpenID Specification > Personal Identity Portal (PIP) - Learn More About PIP > What is the myVidoop Plugin? > Vidoop and MySpace Bring OpenID to Flock > OpenID Board Election Results > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general > > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
