Re:Whats wrong with .name? (Score 1)

Yes, but in order to be able to use it as an online ID for authentication at third party sites (instead of having dozens of different IDs for each -- which is what OpenID is trying to address), whatever is behind that URL will need to speak some kind of protocol, so that authentication requests coming in will be directed to an Identity Provider and processed accordingly. In other words, the stuff that i-names do for you for the extra $10.

Otherwise, the .name/URL ID is usefull just for printing on business cards and displaying static information on a webpage, and not as global online ID.