The desktop PC as the hub, or server, of an “information structure.” This structure will include the interactive cable-TV system, wireless phones and a variety of different-size PCs scattered about the house, car and office, all connected via wireless networks.
Predictor: Gupta, Satish
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for BusinessWeek, Catherine Arnst, Richard Brandt, Paul Eng and Peter Burrows quote Satish Gupta of IBM. They write: ”Satish Gupta, director of personal systems for IBM … sees the desktop PC as the hub, or server, of an ‘information structure.’ This structure will include the interactive cable-TV system, wireless phones and a variety of different-size PCs scattered about the house, car and office, all connected via wireless networks.”
Date of prediction: November 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Appliances
Name of publication: BusinessWeek
Title, headline, chapter name: The Information Appliance
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 98
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney