Fundamentally, the message in this report is that the only way to help consumers is to take technology away from them. I think that's incredibly paternalistic and misguided.

If the commission isn't popping the champagne in response, I would be very surprised.

Competition is getting tough, and Microsoft is evolving to become more nimble. It's doing what good companies do: evolve to meet new challenges.

Technology has become so fundamental to the economy and so entrenched in the economy. That is why technology issues are on the candidates' radar right now.

These direct costs, coupled with an opt-in requirement, could endanger free online content and services that are paid for by targeted advertising and marketing.

We don't have exclusive documents, ... We don't shred our trash and still won't after this.

He's the one who ultimately gets to decide what's in GPL, but he can't force anyone to use the license. He can ask that there be a bonfire in the square and burn all the impure software, but whether or not people show up for the bonfire is to be determined.

It's hard to get the image out of my head of Ph.D. economists patting consumers on the head as they take away their toys.

This is a delicate time, in the middle of free trade agreement talks between the United States and South Korea. It won't bode well for the FTA talks.