Standards Digital Inclusion Jason Matusow Director Standards Affairs

Standards & Digital Inclusion Jason Matusow Director, Standards Affairs jasonma@microsoft. com Blogs. msdn. com/jasonmatusow

Technology and information are the key factors of production in the 21 st century Competitive effectiveness for countries is dependent upon strong ICT participation Knowledge Economy Education and innovation are the cornerstones of success • Software is ~15% of total ICT spending in Latin America, >50% of ICT employment • Software is ~20% of total ICT spending in EMEA, >50% of ICT employment • ~553, 000 new software-related jobs will emerge in Asia from 2004 -2009 • For every $1 Microsoft earns, the ICT industry earn between $6 and $19 on a global basis. *results of IDC Economic Impact studies

Products Microsoft Digital Inclusion Powerful, approachable, extensible Generate local partner ecosystems Starter Editions, Local Language Program, etc. Education & Research MSR direct participation and contributions Unlimited Potential, >$100 M commitment Partners in Learning, >$250 M commitment Certification & documentation (workforce) Accessibility Physical or cognitive impairments Aging workforce concerns Economic, cultural, education factors Partner with specialist providers Interoperability Technology and standards Collaboration and IP licensing Source code availability

Interoperability Circa. 1980 Solutions Applications OS OS Computers Processors Storage

Interoperability Today Client Applications Open Office, Star Office, Microsoft Office Adobe Creative Suite, Picture IT, AOL, Symantec Norton, Mc. Afee, Intuit Turbo Tax, Mozilla, Netscape Opera, Server Applications ERP, CRM, Messaging, Management, Web Serving, Host Integration, … Databases IBM, MS, Oracle Operating Systems & Middleware Apple, HP, IBM, MS, Sun Systems Vendors HP, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, ICL, SNI Networking Vendors Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, 3 COM, Redback Processors X 86 -32, X 86 -64, Sparc, PPC, IA 64 Storage EMC, Dell, Network Appliance, HP

Uniformity vs. Translatability Australian Railroads – 1850’s • Competing standards • Market realities drove implementations • No translatability due to physical limitations Software A Software B Translation Uniform Interop Uniqueness = market viability Software is infinitely more flexible Translation trumps uniformity Market realities drive innovative implementations

Standards @ Microsoft • MS ships >500 products • >400 annual engagements EAP RADIUS SSL • Thousands of standards supported • Hundreds of employees in standards setting activities WBEM • Global standards engagements in subsidiaries (character sets, broadcasting, verticals etc. ) • SIGs, Consortia, National SSOs, International SSOs IMAP 4 DHCP SOCKS 802. 1 x PKI • Thousands of employees in standards implementation activities L 2 TP IPSEC VPN POP 3 Kerberos CIM SOAP LDAP HTTP WS-I XML USB TCP/IP NNTP Apple. Talk Active. Sync LDAP v 3 WAP IPX SIP SMTP Unicode 3. 0 WSDL SMB DNS FTP SNMP PEAP JPEG BPEL 4 WS SQL UDDI

? For ICT Standards Role of intellectual property policies What is “open” – process, licensing, implementation Implications of collaborative development model Implications of business models competition

Increase the size of the educated workforce Promote continued investment in R&D Foster IP environment that provides incentive to both invent and share Looking Ahead Balance interoperability, collaboration, and unique value ICT standards will continue to shape the progress and growth of the information society Market-driven solutions remain optimal

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