+1 (one Latin American perception...)
On Feb 11, 2008 7:30 PM, Raj Mata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > I guess, I did not send my earlier reply to the entire board list - so > re-sending. > > I agree with Seki-San, and in my experience with such organizations, > having one global legal entity with local chapters (not legally > incorporated!) as necessary works best! This avoids > duplication/fragmentation of activity (both technical and > non-technical), but yet preserves the localization aspects through the > local chapters! > > Raj > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Krall, Gary > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:23 PM > 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 > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > -- Jaco Aizenman L. My iname is =jaco (http://xri.net/=jaco) XDI Board member - www.xdi.org Tel/Voicemail: 506-3461570 Costa Rica What is an i-name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-name
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