The current IP address will be replaced by a cellular phone-like world of accessibility; packets will give way to programs; PC’s will become network machines; and the digital signal processing revolution will be eased out by the concept of network inlets.
Predictor: Schmidt, Eric
Prediction, in context:In a newsletter article reporting on the Internet Society’s INET ’95, George Grimes, dean of learning resources and technologies at Eastern Michigan University, quotes a speech made by Eric Schmidt. Grimes writes: ”INET `95’s 1,500 paid registrants from 115 different countries were a glowing testimony to the Internet growth phenomena. Each year since 1991, when under 100 committed souls gathered to inaugurate the first meeting of the Internet Society, there has been an exponential increase in the number of participants … Eric Schmidt, conference chair, opened the three-day affair … Schmidt began, ‘Twenty five years ago, the Internet was a four-site operation, and by the year 2000 it is estimated that there will be 1.6 million networks in the U.S. alone. Today’s Internet is like a free concert with paid parking (the access provider).’ Schmidt continued providing a series of now and then’s about the Internet: The current IP address will be replaced by a cellular phone-like world of accessibility; packets will give way to programs; PC’s will become network machines; and the digital signal processing revolution will be eased out by the concept of network inlets. This set the stage for the three multi-part plenary sessions that took place each morning.”
Biography:Eric Schmidt was chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems from 1983-1997, where he earned international recognition as an Internet pioneer. He was also instrumental in the development and widespread acceptance of Java – Sun’s highly successful 1990s Internet programming language. He later worked as chief executive at Google. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: Fifth Annual Internet Society Conference Draws 1,500
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.macul.org/newsletter/1996/January96/doc14.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney