From Microsofts point of view, are there any policy concerns as far as India is concerned?
There are always a number of things that are of concern. A big focus of our discussions in the last couple of years has been Intellectual Property. As far as the Patent system is concerned, clearly one of the big issues is around enforcement. One has to enforce laws, not just have them. India is somewhat deficient in the amount of energy and funding devoted to the creation of a cyber police force, which will affect issues of security, privacy and things like spam. Similarly, I think enforcement will have to be enhanced around some of the Intellectual Property issues. Other issues that we talk about a lot are education and infrastructure. Given the massive reach of the Internet, how is Microsoft addressing security issues? It will continue to be a battle. What has happened now is that crime exists in both places the physical as well as the virtual world. Moreover, security issues have moved beyond the realm of intellectual curiosity of teenagers to global criminal activities that exploi
