we were all hoping that OpenID would end up being the sum of all (good) parts. Unfortunately, it became the opposite: an oddity not true to any of the visions, and far, very far, from being an aggregate of the best. Worse, its evolution has disintegrated into multiple incompatible architectures all of which have plenty of trees, but no forest. None of the original visionaries are actively involved in it any more, and it shows.
link to the post with discussion started by Robert Scoble arising from Google's real-name policy, which started a long conversation, pro and con, about the use of names on tinternet