Dick nailed this one. What a yawner of an announcement. Visionaries my
ass.
Yahoo has joined Googleís silo building by releasing BBAuth, a mechanism for other sites
to access services and data within the world of Yahoo.Unlike Googleís Account
Authentication, Yahoo is allowing their service to be used for SSO and
registration.BBAuth is clearly targeted at Web 2.0 site developers, encouraging them to
build apps on the Yahoo platform so that they get access to all those Yahoo
users.. While I understand how this helps Yahoo strengthen their relationship
with their users, it would seem Yahoo did not learn what Microsoft learned with
Passport, as Yahoo is deepening their identity silo, rather then participating
in the emerging identity infrastructure.
