Re: [foaf-protocols] WebID status recap?

Henry Story wrote:
>> You can add many more auth systems onto this list, as you come up with them. 
> 
> It's nice to see Melvin list all these new possibilities. Given that
> he never implements any of these protocols, and only suggests
> that others develop and implement them, his enthusiasm is always 
> the same as on the first days of WebID, and clearly will still be 
> in 10 years time.

Henry, I'm surprised at you, Melvin has tirelessly promoted and 
evangelised WebID for years, most of the people working on it, 
implementing it, and using it, were introduced to it by Melvin. He 
understands the web specs, the intersection of the and how they all fit 
together in the bigger picture.

What is the point in a specification if nobody is aware of it, what is 
the point of implementations if nobody uses them? I also seem to 
remember Melvin working on the very first implementations of the spec 
and creating some of the first publicly available libraries for it.

Your words were unkind and uncalled for, he's backed you and webid up 
for years, as long as I've known him, and since WebIDs inception.

Received on Friday, 14 June 2013 17:01:25 UTC