We’re changing qualitatively from the microcosm to the telecosm … The Net is the new platform. It’s not PC or Unix, but software virtual machines. The new dominant platform is the Net plus software – not hardware.
Predictor: Joy, Bill
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Sun World, a publication of Sun Microsystems, Erica Liederman quotes Bill Joy, Sun co-founder and vice president of research, regarding Java. Joy says: ”Java is the first ‘telecosm’ programming language in widespread use. It’s a new concept in computing: We’re changing qualitatively from the microcosm to the telecosm. [Microcosm – integrated circuits – and telecosm – networking – are terms coined by George Gilder.] The Net is the new platform. It’s not PC or Unix, but software virtual machines. The new dominant platform is the Net plus software – not hardware. If your program is dependent on a particular machine, then it’s not of the telecosm.”
Biography:Bill Joy served as chief of technical strategy at Sun Microsystems, a position he held in the 1990s, from the founding of days of the company in 1982. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Sun World
Title, headline, chapter name: Java Day: You Are There
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-11-1995/swol-11-java.event.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney