Actually, the issue has been rendered moot by the fact that it seems OSUser is falling off the map..
It's no longer available from
http://www.opensymphony.com/osuser/
so i guess that answers that.
I still believe the need is there for a configurable user authentication and property management system
but i'll make my case in another post.
-c
[originally posted on jforum.net by cilquirm]