In the future, we’re going to have lots of dedicated devices for your briefcase. Disposable, point purposes, low-cost. I think under 500 bucks, 400 bucks.
Predictor: Colony, George
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Wired magazine, David Buerger interviews George Colony, president of Forrester Research and the creator of the term “client-server computing,” about the future. After asking about the future of hand-held computers and communications tools, Buerger quotes Colony saying: ”There’s a supertrend in our business that says smaller and more powerful, and I believe in that trend. In the future, we’re going to have lots of dedicated devices for your briefcase. Disposable, point purposes, low-cost. I think under 500 bucks, 400 bucks.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Power Pundit: Super Analyst/Consultant George ‘Golden Guts’ Colony Delivers Some Really Educated Guesses
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.03/colony_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney