Mary Jo Foley på ZDNet skriver att iPhone troligen får Exchange stöd:
Here’s what I’m hearing: Apple will announce this week — possibly as soon as June 27 — that it has licensed the Exchange ActiveSync licensing protocol. Via the licensing arrangement, Apple iPhone users will be able to connect to Exchange Server and make use of its wireless messaging and synchronization capabilities.
I’ve asked both Microsoft and Apple for comments on this supposedly imminent announcement. No word from Apple so far.
På Microsofts hemsida finns följande text:
“Microsoft offers a commercially reasonable, nonexclusive license so that other companies can use the Exchange ActiveSync Protocol in their own products. Microsoft will license its trade secrets and necessary patent claims for implementation of the protocol specification.
“Microsoft offers a license for this mobile device synchronization protocol for Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 with documentation. The Exchange ActiveSync Protocol license is for a five-year term and based on annual projected sales volumes. Standard pricing is $100K or first-year’s royalties, whichever is higher, with a per unit royalty thereafter. Other pricing options are negotiable when appropriate.
“In some cases, companies may want to negotiate broader or narrower rights than the standard Microsoft license for the Exchange ActiveSync Protocol. In this case, pricing may vary. Microsoft remains flexible to adjust terms to reflect cross-licensing, unit volume, version limitation, geographic scope, and other considerations.”
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=534
