In five years, industry distinctions will blur and we’ll just have a series of companies using a variety of technologies.
Predictor: Cullen, James G.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article in BusinessWeek magazine, John Carey quotes James G. Cullen. Carey writes: ”There will also be thorny public-policy decisions, such as ensuring that everyone has access to the networks and balancing the conflicting demands of privacy and law enforcement. In fact, Washington is struggling just to keep up with industry, which is forging and undoing mergers at a breathtaking pace. In five years, predicts Bell Atlantic Corp. President James G. Cullen, ‘industry distinctions will blur and we’ll just have a series of companies using a variety of technologies.'”
Date of prediction: June 6, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: BusinessWeek
Title, headline, chapter name: From Internet to Infobahn
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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