I'm Kentaro Sakamoto from Verisign Japan. I added Ishikawa-san who is in charge of technical research function in Verisign Japan.
--- Kentaro Sakamoto Manager Product Marketing [EMAIL PROTECTED] VeriSignR--------------Where it all comes together.T 8-1 Yaesu 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0028 Japan > -----Original Message----- > From: Krall, Gary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:23 AM > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Sakimura Nat; Kentaro Sakamoto > Subject: RE: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > Seki-san: > > In your comments below you say: "...and some major ID > providers, such as Microsoft Japan..." I personally am very > familiar with the work being done at the other sites you > mentioned but I was unaware of any specific activities of a > Microsoft service in Japan around OpenID. > > Could you expand upon that a bit? > > Thanks, > > Gary. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Nobuhiro Seki > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Sakimura Nat; [email protected]; Kentaro Sakamoto > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > > Hi all, > > I am Nob Seki, General Manager of Six Apart for Japan. Let me > give you a quick overview of the market. > > Adoption of OpenID in Japan is almost as quick as that in the > US, so it is great if we can show some momentum to the > Japanese market. The biggest ID provider, Yahoo Japan, > announced the adoption of OpenID on the same day of the > announcement of Yahoo!, Inc, and some major ID providers, > such as Microsoft Japan, Livedoor and Hatena, already support > OpenID. (Google's Blogger does not have big presence in the > Japanese market -- yet ;-) > > Especially after the corporate board was established at OIDF > last week, big attention to OpenID has been made in the > Japanese market, so it would be great if we do something soon > in the market. FYI, David will come to Tokyo in the week of > Feb 25, so we may have a press conference describing the > general principle of OIDF to the rest of the world then. > > Me personally likes Option 2 (no legal entity but a virtual chapter of > OIDF) because (a) it is easy and quick, (b) Japanese > providers do not have to take part in two entities (OIDF and > its Japanese entity), and > (c) clear affiliation b/w OIDF and Japanese providers is made > (contribution should be made to OIDF, not its Japanese entity > if established). > > That's my personal thought, so please feel free to discuss further! > Thanks, > Nob Seki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Six Apart, Ltd. > > David Recordon wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to bring together a few different threads of > conversation > > around formalizing OpenID in Japan. Six Apart KK, NRI, and > VeriSign > > KK have been speaking for the past few months about the > desire to both > > protect OpenID intellectual property in Japan as well as having an > > organization to promote and encourage adoption of OpenID > via. So far > > there seem to be a few possibilities (feel free to correct me if I'm > > wrong): > > 1) Do not establish any legal entity or formal recognition > of members > > of the OpenID Foundation from Japan > > 2) Do not establish a legal entity in Japan but somehow recognize > > members of the OpenID Foundation from Japan > > 3) Establish a legal entity in Japan which is not formally part of > > the OpenID Foundation, but is recognized like OpenID Europe > Foundation > > 4) Establish a legal entity in Japan which is formally a > part of the > > OpenID Foundation (eg Mozilla Europe) > > > > Obviously there are various pros and cons to each choice, though we > > should also remember that the decision here will most > likely dictate > > the outcome of future similar scenarios. I'd be especially > interested > > in the views of the multi-national companies especially those also > > working with OpenID internationally. > > > > --David > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board >
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