Interview in MozillaLinks

Before I got sick I was interviewed by the folks over at MozillaLinks. That interview was posted recently.

http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/02/cardspace-support-for-firefox/

Kim Cameron also posted this on his blog, and politely corrected my comments on OpenID. This interview was done prior to Kim & Bill G announcing that CardSpace and OpenID will be working together. As Kim has correctly pointed out, the two solutions complement each other by solving different problems. Using CardSpace for simple Blog comment verification, for example, is overkill. I was in the mindset of the problems that CardSpace addresses, and wasn't thinking about the areas where it isn't ideal. Rats. I hate overlooking things.

Anyway, that's why the goal is an Identity Metasystem. An Identity Metasystem isn't just about being able to use one identity system without vendor lock-in. It's also about being able to use different technologies for different problems. This is why it is called an "Identity Metasystem", instead of a "Cross-Platform Cardspace Implementation".