It seems that [George Gilder’s] theory of a “central” network and a “peripheral” PC may be on its way to becoming a reality.
Predictor: Murphey, John
Prediction, in context:John Murphey included the following in his online column Tech Track, a compilation of technology-related items regularly summarized from magazine and newspaper articles:”The Wall Street Journal reported last Wednesday that Oracle Corp. is in talks to license Apple’s Newton operating system. Oracle plans to use the system for ‘Internet terminals’ that would ‘replace the popular personal computer’ and would cost less than $500. The Journal noted that Sun Microsystems has also been working on these types of machines. It seems that [George Gilder’s] theory of a ‘central’ network and a ‘peripheral’ PC may be on its way to becoming a reality.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Appliances
Name of publication: Monroe Street Journal
Title, headline, chapter name: Tech Track
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.umich.edu/~msjrnl/backmsj/111395/techtrack.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Allen, Patrick J.