It is said that with these companies' deep expertise in Internet and Security Technology, OpenID Foundation strengthens the global effort to eliminate the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying users' online experience with the help of a single username across different Internet sites.
This foundation came into being 18 months ago and it is not for only huge corporations. Basically, anyone can join.
I believe that support from these five heavyweights means that pretty much every site with a login will support OpenID in a year or two.
"Google shares the OpenID Foundation’s vision of a Web that’s easy to use and built on open standards available to everyone." said Brad Fitzpatrick, a software engineer at Google.
"The OpenID community is a key constituency in solving the digital identify problems Internet users face, and will benefit from being represented by the OpenID Foundation", said Kim Cameron, chief identity architect, Microsoft.
"OpenID enables consumers to take control of their online identity, which in turn will drive trust, privacy and security on the Internet,” said Nico Popp, vice president of Innovation at VeriSign Inc.
"Yahoo believes that truly an open Web is the key to the next generation of Internet experiences; OpenID furthers this cause by delivering a free, standards-based solution that the entire industry can embrace,” said Ash Patel, executive vice president of platforms and infrastructure at Yahoo!.
The Internet is still missing a much-needed omnipresent identity layer. The good news is that the broad industry collaboration that has emerged around OpenID is a key enabler for building it together!
Further analysis is conducted at VeriSign.
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