The implication of division is also a really false one. Last week we had a summit about OpenID usability and Google as well as all the other major players in th

The implication of division is also a really false one. Last week we had a summit about OpenID usability and Google as well as all the other major players in this space were there. People really want to find a good solution for users. This is not about division at all. People really want to find the same good solution for users to use everywhere. I find the implication that tech companies are constantly at each other's throats and back stabbing each other like a bunch of Hollywood hussies tiresome. Google have talked about "federated login" for a while and this is them taking it out into the wild. The exact implementation of Open ID that ends up being used by everyone is going to change over time as we learn what works for users and what doesn't.