OpenID Becomes Enterprising
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| We've been here before, with operating systems. Back in the days when Unix
| was king, nobody wanted to standardise on someone else's flavour, and we were
| left with myriad Unices, all slightly incompatible. One of the reason that
| GNU/Linux has been adopted so widely is that it offered a neutral, open
| platform that favoured everyone equally. Clearly, then, what we need is a
| neutral, open identity system.
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| Amazingly, we have one: OpenID.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=252&blogid=14
The Free Software Foundation's "High Priority" List: A Key Guidepost
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| By contrast, the FSF's high priority list is about functionality. Instead of
| obsessing about what people use on other platforms, it pinpoints what is
| still missing in the efforts to build a politically free desktop. This
| emphasis makes it a more accurate indicator of the platform's current state.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3715736
Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist.
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| I’ve thus far made no mention of OpenDS and the wildfire reporting that has
| ensued, but there was one aspect of this situation I commented on to Stephen
| O’Grady and others on #redmonk when it came out that bugged me. It was a
| question: “how did it ever get to this point?”. How does a company - a profit
| seeking company, not a wild tongued developer - even get into an OpenDS
| situation? I believe the answer is that many people have wrongly assumed that
| the label “open source” indicates a project is disentangled from corporate
| affairs. Let me explain.
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http://www.michaeldolan.com/1058
Related:
Net giant supports open ID scheme
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| OpenID is a decentralised identification system that lets
| individuals use a single password for any site that supports it.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6376029.stm
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