On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Wayne <shalo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why not just support OpenID for accounts? That would provide the same > benefit without building a new identity model. > > OpenID doesn't solve the problem, it just replaces one volatile identity system with another. When you move OpenID providers you will still have to move everything anyway. What would solve the problem more generically is robust migration from one ID to another or, put differently, ability to link IDs.
The only major beef I have with the identity scheme is that: * My email is trej...@gmail.com * My Jabber ID is trej...@gmail.com * My Wave ID is trej...@googlewave.com <-- WHY?! TX --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-wave-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-wave-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
