TCP/IP and all that are supposed to make everything work together. Sure, just like the United Nations makes the human race work together! It’s an admirable goal, but we’re never going to get there.
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. Lynch says:”TCP/IP and all that are supposed to make everything work together. Sure, just like the United Nations makes the human race work together! It’s an admirable goal, but we’re never going to get there. We all keep struggling towards it, right? And we can never stop trying, because if we do, it’ll all corrode real fast.”
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: Protocols
Name of publication: Telecommunications
Title, headline, chapter name: An Interview with Interop Founder Dan Lynch
Quote Type: Direct quote
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Page 73ISSN: 02784831
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