The whole point of wireless is that it gets around the death hold the regional Bell operating companies have on plain old telephone service.
Predictor: Frankston, Bob
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 interview story for Computerworld, reporter Steve Moore talked with Bob Frankston, one of the innovators who came up with the Visicalc spreadsheet – a product that revolutionized the use of PCs by businesses in the late 1970s. In the Interview, Moore asks, and Frankston answers: Computerworld: “What impact will wireless mobile computers have on the PC software market?” Frankston: “I think the ability to assume connectivity is going to have a major impact. The whole point of wireless is that it gets around the death hold the regional Bell operating companies have on plain old telephone service.”
Biography:Bob Frankston helped Dan Bricklin create VisiCalc, the breakthrough computer spreadsheet program, in 1979. He worked with Lotus Development from 1986 to 1990 creating Lotus Express. From 1993 to 1998 he worked on the concept of “IP Everywhere” for Microsoft, with phone wire networking being one result. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Wireless
Name of publication: Computerworld
Title, headline, chapter name: The Killer App Crew
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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