Google Adopts, Forks OpenID 1.0

I’ve just read this interesting article from Slashdot, Google Adopts, Forks OpenID 1.0, which discusses an article published in NeoSmart about Google’s forking of the OpenID standard.
Open ID is a great concept of creating your own universally acceptable user login id that also allows you to protect your personal data for floating around all over the Net.