I work for some of the said vendor (and I'm being vague on purpose here). I took part of the discussion. I made the same point you did. People don't care. The argument was quickly dismissed by a "go get a cert for free at startssl". Seriously.
I think the Internet is a social change, and transforms people into idiots indeed. People in groups have always been more stupid than single persons. And Internet makes us all one freaking huge group of people.
Apparently if you don't share the popular idea you must be destroyed (you'll see this happen often in HN comments too).
Otherwise, here's another project, that works on the same principles as perspectives, but has a better back-end (albeit WAY less marketing) IMO http://web.monkeysphere.info/
I think the Internet is a social change, and transforms people into idiots indeed. People in groups have always been more stupid than single persons. And Internet makes us all one freaking huge group of people.
Apparently if you don't share the popular idea you must be destroyed (you'll see this happen often in HN comments too).
Otherwise, here's another project, that works on the same principles as perspectives, but has a better back-end (albeit WAY less marketing) IMO http://web.monkeysphere.info/