People will own more than one PC – just like they have more than one phone and one TV. It’s not that much of a leap of faith.
Predictor: Arnst, Catherine
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for BusinessWeek, Catherine Arnst, Richard Brandt, Paul Eng and Peter Burrows provide a view of the likely Internet appliance of the future, also quoting Robert Stearns of Compaq. They write: ”There will be handheld devices, notebooks, desktop machines, even PCs that hang on the wall. Different forms will be used for different jobs or for tapping into the digital information flow at different locations. ‘People will own more than one PC – just like they have more than one phone and one TV. It’s not that much of a leap of faith,’ says Robert W. Stearns, vice president of corporate development for Compaq Computer Corp.”
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:
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