When OpenID people say they're "solving a problem" what they really mean is "we're solving a problem inasmuch as it advances our agenda." Things like Google an

When OpenID people say they're "solving a problem" what they really mean is "we're solving a problem inasmuch as it advances our agenda." Things like Google and Facebook are so ubiquitous as to be effectively universal, but OpenID people object to using them as an authentication mechanism on ideological grounds. They'd rather have a pure solution tomorrow than a good solution today.