This morning the OpenID Foundation announced that Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo! have joined the board. This is really great news as it shows just how far OpenID has come since brad first announced it in 2005. Thanks to everyone who has worked with us over the past two and a half years to get OpenID to the point that it is!

I'll try to keep this list updated of people writing about it:

• O'Reilly Radar - OpenID Foundation - Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo


• ReadWriteWeb - OpenID News: Big Co's Put Money Where Their Mouths Are


• Dick Hardt - Industry Giants join OpenID Foundation Board


• VeriSign Innovation - OpenID Foundation: Does the world really need yet another identity organization?


• TechCrunch - OpenID Welcomes Microsoft, Google, Verisign and IBM


• Mike Jones of Microsoft - Microsoft Joins the OpenID Foundation and its Board of Directors


• Mashable - Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM and VeriSign Join OpenID Foundation


• TechCrunch UK - Google, Microsoft, Verisign and IBM join OpenID

At this point I'll just let TechMeme manage the list. :) http://www.techmeme.com/080207/p27#a080207p27

Favorite quote from CNET, "If the OpenID Foundation were a liquor cabinet, it just got stocked with some Grey Goose, Rhum Clement, and Gran Patron."