That's one thing I never got about OpenID and its ilk, though. "We'll fix the way logins work! Just sign up for one more thing and then sites that support this will be accessible." Why is this the cure for sign-ups? Yet one more service to fill out some credentials for when sites do not universally accept it? If the latter part were true, then sure, but in the meantime I don't really see the point.

I am ignorant of the major benefits of OpenID, so if anyone could enlighten me, I'd be happy.

Edit: this post helps http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=151376