相当有意思，到了新年之后，原本尴尬的 OpenID 忽然成了香饽饽了，不仅在上两周的 RSA 会议上，老盖亲口提到微软愿意大力支持 OpenID，情人节那天 AOL 也发布官方消息，表示非常重视用户的社会化体验，在经过充分的准备之后，开始把各项服务与 OpenID 的系统逐步结合起来：

"It's not really a secret that AOL has been experimenting with OpenID. As I've said, I think that user-centric, interoperable identity is hugely important to enable the social experiences we're trying to provide. This is a work in progress, but things are coming along thanks to our authentication team's diligent effort. Here's where we are today:

- Every AOL/AIM user now has at least one OpenID URI, http://openid.aol.com/.
- This experimental OpenID 1.1 Provider service is available now and we are conducting compatibility tests.
- We're working with OpenID relying parties to resolve compatibility issues.
- Our blogging platform has enabled basic OpenID 1.1 in beta, so every beta blog URI is also a basic OpenID identifier. (No Yadis yet.)
- We don't yet accept OpenID identities within our products as a relying party, but we're actively working on it. That roll-out is likely to be gradual.
- We are tracking the OpenID 2.0 standardization effort and plan to support it after it becomes final"

AOL 负责此项目的 John Panzer 也在自己的 Blog 上面更为详细的对此作了说明，一直关注 OpenID 的朋友可以看看。