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

Education and innovation are the cornerstones of success 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 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 For every $1 Microsoft earns, the ICT industry earn between $6 and $19 on a global basis. *results of IDC Economic Impact studies

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

Interoperability Circa Applications OS Computers Processors Solutions Storage Applications OS Computers Processors Solutions Storage Applications OS Computers Processors Solutions Storage Applications OS Computers Processors Solutions Storage

Interoperability Today Storage EMC, Dell, Network Appliance, HP Processors X86-32, X86-64, Sparc, PPC, IA64 Networking Vendors Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, 3COM, Redback Systems Vendors HP, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, ICL, SNI Operating Systems & Middleware Apple, HP, IBM, MS, Sun Databases IBM, MS, Oracle Client Applications Open Office, Star Office, Microsoft Office Adobe Creative Suite, Picture IT, AOL, Symantec Norton, McAfee, Intuit Turbo Tax, Mozilla, Netscape Opera, Server Applications ERP, CRM, Messaging, Management, Web Serving, Host Integration,…

Uniformity vs. Translatability Software is infinitely more flexible Translation trumps uniformity Market realities drive innovative implementations Australian Railroads – 1850’s Competing standardsCompeting standards Market realities drove implementationsMarket realities drove implementations No translatability due to physical limitationsNo translatability due to physical limitations UniformInterop Translation Uniqueness = market viability SoftwareASoftwareB

Microsoft DHCP TCP/IP DNS IPX 802.1x EAP PEAP PKI Kerberos SSL RADIUS L2TP IPSEC VPN LDAP UDDI HTTP BPEL4WS ActiveSync WAP SMTP XML WS-I WBEM CIM SNMP WSDL POP3 FTP SIP NNTP LDAP v3 Unicode 3.0 SOCKS IMAP4 SMB AppleTalk SOAP SQL MS ships >500 productsMS ships >500 products >400 annual engagements>400 annual engagements Thousands of standards supportedThousands of standards supported Hundreds of employees in standards setting activitiesHundreds of employees in standards setting activities Thousands of employees in standards implementation activitiesThousands of employees in standards implementation activities Global standards engagements in subsidiaries (character sets, broadcasting, verticals etc.)Global standards engagements in subsidiaries (character sets, broadcasting, verticals etc.) SIGs, Consortia, National SSOs, International SSOsSIGs, Consortia, National SSOs, International SSOs USB JPEG

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

Looking Ahead Increase the size of the educated workforce Promote continued investment in R&D Foster IP environment that provides incentive to both invent and share 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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