[opensource-dev] separation between login id and publicly visible id(s)

[Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence)]

  On 2010-08-23 12:35, Joshua Bell wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Boroondas Gupte 
> <sllists at boroon.dasgupta.ch <mailto:sllists at boroon.dasgupta.ch>> wrote:
>
>
>     But even without that, a 'master account' would make a lot of
>     things easier, like one could account verify all Alts at once, see
>     billings for all linked agents centrally etc.
>
>
> No argument from me!
>
> But as with the other suggestion: this broad class of identity-related 
> functionality was discussed when "Display Names" was being designed, 
> and while not tackled as part of that project, we made sure it was not 
> precluded and could still be undertaken later. We very much wanted to 
> avoid embarking on a "everything you always wanted to do with 
> identity" project.

... and people should appreciate that.  One of the easiest ways to fail 
to make progress is to insist on taking only giant leaps forward.  Small 
steps are not only quicker and easier, they're also less harmful if they 
turn out to be mistakes.


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