Marc Andreessen of Netscape will someday supplant Bill Gates as the most powerful man in the computing world.
Predictor: Gilder, George
Prediction, in context:John Murphey wrote the following paraphrase of a point made by George Gilder in his online column Tech Track, a compilation of technology-related items regularly summarized from magazine and newspaper articles:”[Gilder predicts] that Marc Andreessen of Netscape will someday supplant Bill Gates as the most powerful man in the computing world … Gilder notes that Gates may remain ‘king of the desktop,’ but that he will rule over an ’emigrating empire.’ And he sees Andreessen as the man with the most influence over the domain where Gates’ empire is headed.”
Biography:George Gilder was a pioneer the formulation of the theory of supply-side economics. In his major book “Microcosm” (1989), he explored the quantum roots of the new electronic technologies. His book “Life After Television,” published by W.W. Norton (1992), is a prophecy of computers and telecommunications displacing the broadcast-TV empire. He followed it with another classic, “Telecosm.” (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Monroe Street Journal
Title, headline, chapter name: Tech Track
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.umich.edu/~msjrnl/backmsj/111395/techtrack.html
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