The notion that you’re going to build a terminal with limited functionality is a bunch of malarkey … Web browsing is going to be one of the most demanding, computer-intensive things you do on your PC.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Computer Reseller News, Monica Young reports on action taking place at the Forrester Research Inc. Forum in Boston, quoting Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft Corp. Young writes: ”Bill Gates, chairman and chief executive of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., said software retailers already allow customers to purchase and download software from the Web and that will continue in the future … Gates said the idea that the PC is dead is simply hype. ‘The notion that you’re going to build a terminal with limited functionality is a bunch of malarkey.’ Web browsers, however, will continue to improve, he said. ‘Web browsing is going to be one of the most demanding, computer-intensive things you do on your PC.'”
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: November 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Appliances
Name of publication: Computer Reseller News
Title, headline, chapter name: Unlocking the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Did=000000008946044&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=1&Sid=1&RQT=309
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