The benefits and problems arising from this upcoming communications revolution will be much greater than those brought about by the PC revolution É The PC – its evolving hardware, business applications, online systems, Internet connection, electronic mail, multimedia titles, authoring tools and games Ð is the foundation for the next revolution.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “The Road Ahead,” Microsoft CEO Bill Gates writes: ”We are all beginning a great journey É I am certain this revolution will touch even more lives [than the PC revolution] and take us all farther. The major changes coming will be in the way people communicate with each other. The benefits and problems arising from this upcoming communications revolution will be much greater than those brought about by the PC revolution É The PC – its evolving hardware, business applications, online systems, Internet connection, electronic mail, multimedia titles, authoring tools and games Ð is the foundation for the next revolution.”
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: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Appliances
Name of publication: The Road Ahead (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Foreword
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages XI, XII
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