With so much available on the Internet, the time will come when personal computers are not used much for computing, or even word processing. Primarily, computers will become devices for information retrieval and interaction.
Predictor: Luker, Mark
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 Wisconsin State Journal article, a statement by Mark Luker is paraphrased by reporter Mike Dorsher: ”With so much available on the Internet, the time will come when personal computers are not used much for computing, or even word processing. Primarily, computers will become devices for information retrieval and interaction, DoIT Director Mark Luker predicted. Meanwhile, the problem … is that most home-computer owners have relatively slow modems or none at all. A modem is the device required to transmit information between computers over the telephone.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Appliances
Name of publication: Wisconsin State Journal
Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet: Computer Network is Superhighway On-Ramp
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=d569c86eabe6454223f5187e8f9f8703&_docnum=6&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=168c818c07d6459aeff4ef2bb1d8db77
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Pagano, Shawna