So it looks like Microsoft has decided that it will support the OpenID standard. OpenID has been gaining steam lately but this is a big thing.

Now people ask me what I think about Microsoft supporting it, using their InfoCards as the method of authentication…. I think it’s great! So far I’ve seen Kerberos integration for OpenID, voiceprint biometric auth (call a number and read some words), Jabber JID-Ping auth, etc…. all have different trade-offs between convenience and security. But as more people have CardSpace on their machines, users should get both convenience and security. (sorry, I’m not totally up on all the details… just seen demos….)

As with anything, the more support the better. OpenID seems like a great idea and despite my personal views on Microsoft I’ve got to agree that this is probably a good thing for the OpenID as an emerging standard. I’d be curious to see what other people think about this…