I agree completely. OpenID is utterly flawed. If ever OpenID in its current form gains acceptance, I will eat my hat. And put the video of me eating it on YouTu

I agree completely. OpenID is utterly flawed. If ever OpenID in its current form gains acceptance, I will eat my hat. And put the video of me eating it on YouTube. OpenID is just a weak idea that needs a LOT and LOT of pushing to make it accepted. Look at the iPhone - nobody pushes you to use it, you see it, like it and use it. With OpenID people have to be forced to use it, because it's cumbersome and does not offer any clear advantage. Like I've said earlier, the real auth solution is the one where you simply stick your USB stick into a machine, type a 4 letter pin and everything on that machine is authenticated till you take it out. A weak concept pushed by technologists and people who want to give talks and earn money off this technology.