+1. Again, the best phrase I've seen for this is Bill's "portable identifiers".
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Johannes Ernst > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:53 PM > To: OpenID marketing > Subject: Re: [Marketing] Some bullet points on OpenID and OpenID > Foundation > > What about "empowers people to bring their own identity, instead of > having to sign up for yet another at each site." > > > On Jan 28, 2008, at 15:38, Dick Hardt wrote: > > > > > On 28-Jan-08, at 1:17 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote: > > > >> My suggestions: > >> - let's define ourselves in positive terms, not by what we are > >> not. And who knows, perhaps we will, next quarter? > > > > my comments in brackets were background information to clarify what > > we were stating, not to be part of the message > > > >> - I like Bill's analogy: > >> > >>> ... OpenID is a building block upon which end users can/will begin > >>> to establish their independence on the web in much the same way > >>> that ISPs gave individuals actual email independence from the old > >>> walled gardens of that bygone era of Prodigy, Compuserve, and the > >>> pre-Internet versions of AOL and MSN. > > > > An analogy is way to move a message. Let's agree on the message > > first! :-) > > > >> > >> And I know everybody will hate me for saying this, but: > >> > >>> +OpenID is a set of specifications to solve user internet identity > >>> problems > >> > >> > >> is not going to be comprehensible to many people. What exactly are > >> "user internet identity problems"? > > > > > > This is a messaging platform, not the message. Do we agree that we > > want to move this message? Do you have a suggestion on a concise way > > of describing the problem? > > > > -- Dick > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > marketing mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/marketing > > _______________________________________________ > marketing mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/marketing _______________________________________________ marketing mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/marketing
