Interesting article > Not My Site >> Note: An Annoying Flashing Banner Might Greet You. As Google points out, this isn’t OpenID. This is something that Google cooked up that resembles OpenID masquerading as OpenID since that’s what people want to see – and that’s what Microsoft announced just the day before. It’s not just a “departure†from OpenID, it’s a whole new standard... ...As you can see, steps 3 & 4 are not part of OpenID and leave Google’s implementation of OpenID, such as it is, incompatible with everyone else. Do you still see big potential for OpenID? Any thoughts on Google's 'special' (proprietary) system?? ~~~~~~