We got started down the track of binary representation, and its unbelievably fragile. If one bit is off, you get something entirely different. We built computers on the wrong foundation, and I think you’ll just see more and more kluges in the software until someday someone will figure out a completely new paradigm, a completely different way of thinking about data.
Predictor: Lynch, Daniel C.
Prediction, in context:In an interview for Telecommunications magazine, Martha Strizich talks with InterOp and NetWorld founder Daniel Lynch about the future of networking. Strizich asks, “What do you think are some of the hottest internetworking technologies today?” Lynch responds: ”I would like to be able to say there are some exciting software technologies out there on the horizon, but there aren’t. They’re all trying to hide the ugliness of programming. We got started down the track of binary representation, and its unbelievably fragile. If one bit is off, you get something entirely different. We built computers on the wrong foundation, and I think you’ll just see more and more kluges in the software until someday someone will figure out a completely new paradigm, a completely different way of thinking about data.”
Biography:Daniel C. Lynch was the founder of CyberCash Inc. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Telecommunications
Title, headline, chapter name: An Interview with Interop Founder Dan Lynch
Quote Type: Direct quote
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Page 73 ISSN: 02784831
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney