Since both OpenID and secure logins for small sites are but a plugin away for the frameworks that such sites will inevitably use this assertion just does not ho

Since both OpenID and secure logins for small sites are but a plugin away for the frameworks that such sites will inevitably use this assertion just does not hold water. Given the fact that the two are roughly equivalent for the server provider (albeit with an increased number of potential failure points for the OpenID system due to reliance upon third-parties for authentication) the determining factor should probably be usability. On this point OpenID fails miserably.