Fwd: Important Update about myOpenID

[Jos Poortvliet]

On Wednesday 04 September 2013 16:49:03 Anne Wilson wrote:
> In case you haven't seen this -

Thanks, good to know...

> Anne
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Important Update about myOpenID
> Date: 	Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:41:40 -0500 (CDT)
> From: 	Larry Drebes, Janrain <larry.drebes at janrain.com>
> Reply-To: 	larry.drebes at janrain.com
> To: 	annew at kde.org
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I wanted to reach out personally to let you know that we have made the
> decision to end of life the myOpenID
> <http://www2.janrain.com/trk?t=2&mid=MjUzLVhMRC0wMjY6MTY3NDo0MzI3OjE2OTU1OjA
> 6MzMwMjo3OjE0Njk2NjU6YW5uZXdAa2RlLm9yZw%3D%3D&&&https://www.myopenid.com/?mk
> t_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoiuK7OZKXonjHpfsX57%2BokX6GzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CT8JgI%
> 2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLXGMbhs3rgNWRc%3D> service. myOpenID will be turned off on
> February 1, 2014.
> 
> In 2006 Janrain created myOpenID to fulfill our vision to make
> registration and login easier on the web for people. Since that time,
> social networks and email providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter,
> LinkedIn and Yahoo! have embraced open identity standards. And now,
> billions of people who have created accounts with these services can use
> their identities to easily register and login to sites across the web in
> the way myOpenID was intended.
> 
> By 2009 it had become obvious that the vast majority of consumers would
> prefer to utilize an existing identity from a recognized provider rather
> than create their own myOpenID account. As a result, our business focus
> changed to address this desire, and we introduced social login
> technology. While the technology is slightly different from where we
> were in 2006, I’m confident that we are still delivering on our initial
> promise – that people should take control of their online identity and
> are empowered to carry those identities with them as they navigate the
> web.
> 
> For those of you who still actively use myOpenID, I can understand your
> disappointment to hear this news and apologize if this causes you any
> inconvenience. To reduce this inconvenience, we are delaying the end of
> life of the service until February 1, 2014 to give you time to begin
> using other identities on those sites where you use myOpenID today.
> 
> Speaking on behalf of Janrain, I truly appreciate your past support of
> myOpenID.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Larry
> 
> --
> *Larry Drebes*, CEO, Janrain, Inc.
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