ComputerWorld NZ has a break down of where the two US presidential candidates stand on several significant tech issues.
Both senators bring tech experience to the race, although the experience is significantly different. Obama has had relatively little legislative experience related to technology, but he’s a self-described text-messaging addict who released a lengthy tech policy paper last November. McCain admits he doesn’t spend much time with computing devices, saying he relies on his wife’s help with computers. But he’s also a long-time member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the panel that debates and votes on much of the tech-related legislation that goes through the Senate.
The whole article is worth reading, there are areas where the two candidates are well aligned, and obviously places where they have very different views – the net neutrality debate and the programs to deploy broadband to rural areas of the US will take significantly different routes depending upon who is heading up the new administration.
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