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Bob Kramer Vice President, Public Policy

Presentation for KIPA February 12, 2003. Bob Kramer Vice President, Public Policy. Not-for-profit trade association representing the entire IT industry channel Membership includes over 11,500 companies and 10,000 certified IT professionals in 79 countries

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Bob Kramer Vice President, Public Policy

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  1. Presentation for KIPA February 12, 2003 Bob Kramer Vice President, Public Policy

  2. Not-for-profit trade association representing the entire IT industry channel • Membership includes over 11,500 companies and 10,000 certified IT professionals in 79 countries • Provides a unified voice for the technology industry with programs in — • Vendor-Neutral Certifications, e.g. A+, Network+, Security + • Public Policy • Workforce development • Service metrics • E-Commerce/E-Business

  3. What is the Initiative for Software Choice • Why did CompTIA join the Initiative for Software Choice? • Why we don’t need Mandated Software Procurement Policies • Who gets hurt? • An evaluation of the MOIC White Paper

  4. PRINCIPLES • Procure software on its merits, not through categorical preferences • Promote broad availability of government funded research • Promote interoperability through platform-neutral standards • Maintain a choice of strong intellectual property protections

  5. Why did CompTIA join the Initiative for Software Choice? • Since CompTIA supports the growth of OSS in both the private and public marketplaces • We developed Linux+ certification, in cooperation with IBM and LPI • WHY ISC? Because: • Nearly 70 active proposals for preference software procurement policies in 24 countries • Many of these proposals mandate OSS, exclude proprietary software from the $22.5 Billion government marketplace* • These proposals would hurt CompTIA members, including: • Software vendors • 4,218 Resellers, and • 724 Application Service Providers (ASPs) • *IDC estimates

  6. Why we don’t need Mandated Software Procurement Policies • OSS competes very effectively in global markets today • OSS has a growing and significant share of Web server and Web OS markets • Apache on 2/3 of Web servers, Sendmail handles 80% of internet email • Linux revenues grew 2,188% from 2000 to 2001 • Expected to equal 30% of Windows revenues by 2004* • No laws or regulations currently exist that prohibit governments from choosing OSS, hybrid or proprietary software • Inviting in regulators opens Pandora’s box • OSS mandates become another weapon of protectionists • *IDC estimates

  7. Who Gets Hurt? • THE little guy GETS HURT !! • Small software vendors (SBA’s definition) comprise: • 99% of US prepackaged software firms, • 238,937 employees or 72% of sector employment • $39.3 billion in revenues or 41% of sector sales* • Resellers constitute 37% of global software market • Software exporting countries (Ireland, US, Neth., UK, Austria) and WTO procurement policy • Taxpayers: Restricted choice = greater expense, less innovation • *Zap Data and OECD

  8. The MOIC White Paper • Establishing an Open Source S/W Promotion System • Building Environment for Fair Competition • Legal and Institutional Measures • Creation of Open Source S/W Demand Starting with Public Organizations • Identification and Diffusion/Promotion of Open Source Applications • Obstacles: Technical Support and Development of Human Resources

  9. Public Research and Development Eco-System Government Facilities Government Funding Consumers Universities Taxes Private Sector Private Sector Funding Public-Private Partnerships Profits

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