[Python-Dev] Offtopic: OpenID Providers

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 15:40:44 -0400
Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

> On Sep 05, 2013, at 09:07 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> 
> >Which sites exactly? I can login to BitBucket and *.python.org using
> >OpenID, not Persona.
> 
> I think Persona is just too new to see it around much yet.  Or maybe Mozilla
> needs better PR.

Well, OpenID at least got some publicity since it appeared. Persona is
almost unknown at this point (though it was publicly launched two years
ago, according to Wikipedia).

Comparing the size of the respective Wikipedia pages actually tells
quite a bit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Persona

Regards

Antoine.