There will always be detractors in everything you do, but we believe our worldwide image as a place of innovation. I'm told that in Japan, Nasdaq means sexy. An Italian writer told me it means fashion.

We're hoping it will showcase local talent.

We're going to take all steps necessary to protect the creativity and innovation of our employees.

Innovation has long been the key to Ford's success with trucks. While our competitors play catch-up we're continuing to anticipate the features that matter to the consumer and get there before the other guys do.

The Open Source theorem says that if you give away source code, innovation will occur. Certainly, Unix was done this way. . . . However, the corollary states that the innovation will occur elsewhere. No matter how many people you hire. So the only way to get close to the state of the art is to give the people who are going to be doing the innovative things the means to do it. That's why we had built-in source code with Unix. Open source is tapping the energy that's out there.

The president will participate in a panel to discuss his American Competitiveness Initiative to encourage American innovation and strengthen our nation's ability to compete in the global economy.