A single security standard eventually will emerge.
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: ”Gates predicted a single security standard eventually will emerge, although ‘it won’t upset the progress of the Internet if you have to have two standards.’ Microsoft is working with MasterCard International and Visa International Inc. to develop security standards, Gates said, but there are still limitations on the technologies and what is expected.”
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: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Computer Reseller News
Title, headline, chapter name: Unlocking the Internet
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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