OpenID Organizes the Organizers While Facebook and Google Start Letting Users Login

Commercial incentive is a powerful force, and in the race for our web identities there is no exception. Over the weekend the OpenID Foundation announced that they are having its first election of community board members. Meanwhile Facebook and Google have launched their own identity services that enable users to instantly log in to any site with third-party accounts. Google Friend Connect uses open standards while Facebook Connect uses it’s own identity confirmation system.

It appears as though both systems have somewhat avoided the OpenID discussion and have simply moved forward with their own model.