The user interface … will have to be very simple to use. I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like, but I can guarantee you that it is not going to look like a computer.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for Red Herring magazine, Anthony B. Perkins interviews Microsoft CEO Bill Gates at the European Technology Roundtable Exposition. Gates talks about receiving networked information on a “TV/PC”: ”The user interface on your TV will have to be very simple to use. I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like, but I can guarantee you that it is not going to look like a computer. It won’t be Windows on your television. It will take a new genre of software. This will not be a canned package, either. The technology and intelligence in the operating system will learn what you like and present options to you that take into consideration your preferences.”
Biography:Bill Gates, the most influential technology entrepreneur of the late 20th century, was the primary author of the prediction-packed 1995 book “The Road Ahead” and is the founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Red Herring
Title, headline, chapter name: Bill Gates: An American Gladiator in the Digital Arena
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue05/
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney