Next week I attend Digital ID World, an identity funfest in Anaheim, CA. One of the great aspects of this event is the interaction of customers, vendors and analysts. That said, a strange thing occurred earlier in the week that really shocked me. A Sun colleague working on OpenSSO with me tried to register for a Monday workshop entitled “Enterprise Role Management Workshop: Leveraging Roles For Successful Identity Governance” and received an email back from Sailpoint stating . . .
“Unfortunately, the company you work for is a competitor of the sponsor for the Monday afternoon workshop, therefore we cannot allow your admittance to the session.”
Really!?!?!? My first reaction was WOAH! My second reaction was to laugh and realize this is why open source is so much better than proprietary solutions. With OpenSSO we’ll let you in, we’ll let you download the product, we’ll show you the source – hell, we’ll even let you submit fixes! Sailpoint, I personally invite any member of your organization to attend any of our OpenSSO workshops or events. In fact, I strongly believe that your participation would lead to a better dialogue and serve the attendees better.
Tear down that wall!
