CRAIG MUNDIE

Privacy violations should be considered criminal offences.

Data are becoming the new raw material of business.

Technologies will reach the developed world first, but the rest of the world will benefit in turn. And it will behoove the rich countries to hasten the spread of its innovations. In an era when new diseases can circle the globe in hours, it’s in everyone’s interest to stop the next pandemic before it happens.

Many well-meaning attempts to address public concern about privacy reflect an outdated understanding of the contemporary data ecosystem.

We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation.

I am not that concerned that innovation in some large scale sense will suddenly and abruptly shift from one part of the world to another.

The Internet was full of sites producing content for free, in the hope that somehow they'd generate revenue from sources that never materialized, whether it was advertising, subscriptions, or a wing and a prayer.

Let me be clear - Microsoft has no beef with open source.

I am not that concerned that innovation in some large scale sense will suddenly and abruptly shift from one part of the world to another.

We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation.

Technologies will reach the developed world first, but the rest of the world will benefit in turn. And it will behoove the rich countries to hasten the spread of its innovations. In an era when new diseases can circle the globe in hours, it’s in everyone’s interest to stop the next pandemic before it happens.

Many well-meaning attempts to address public concern about privacy reflect an outdated understanding of the contemporary data ecosystem.

Privacy violations should be considered criminal offences.

Let me be clear - Microsoft has no beef with open source.

The Internet was full of sites producing content for free, in the hope that somehow they'd generate revenue from sources that never materialized, whether it was advertising, subscriptions, or a wing and a prayer.

Data are becoming the new raw material of business.