Technology Predictions

[cam76034]

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home," Ken Olsen, founder of mainframe-producer Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

"No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer—640K ought to be enough for anybody," Bill Gates, Microsoft, 1981.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...s_opinion_main

[gabkwong]

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home," Ken Olsen, founder of mainframe-producer Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

This is possibly true in 5 years. A lot of brain and $ power are working hard trying to crack the "cloud computing" thing. When it comes, all you need is a "dumb and cheap" entry point, perhaps your cell phone, to get into the web.

[motorollow]

I predict we will all be driving (or just riding in) electric cars that only the government owns. There will be no such thing as car wrecks or speeding tickets in the future because the only human input to driving will be the destination. I'm depressed now.

[Treibenschnell]

I There will be no such thing as car wrecks or speeding tickets in the future ...

Horse hockey... without tickets, where the hell is gov't gonna rape us for revenue? And don't answer taxes... too simple. LOL

[ken o]

My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about.
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law.
And on Sundays I elude the Eyes,
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits.
Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline.
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine.
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty-odd years.
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream.
I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car:
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time.
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar.
Tires spitting gravel,
I commit my weekly crime.
Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge...
Well-weathered leather,
Hot metal and oil,
The scented country air.
Sunlight on chrome,
The blur of the landscape,
Every nerve aware.
Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide.
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase.
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man.
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan.
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside.
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside.

[Ataim]

WOW that song is such a Rush.

[CobaltFire]

Cloud computing will take a while to work out; I personally would be all about a server/terminal setup in my home if there was a viable one available.

As far as predictions? Here are some random ones; it will be interesting to see if any come true.

The Chevy Volt will be released in "Limited Quantities"; mainly A-List celebrities and politicians will drive them. It will generate a loss for GM on every vehicle sold.

Android OS will begin to capitalize on it's flexibility, increasing market penetration rapidly through an installed base in newer home electronics and media devices, as well as phones.

Google Chrome will hit beta, but go no further.

Intel will lose market share to AMD due to FTC intervention; it may end up as 2 seperate companies.

4G will be the battleground of 2010; with Sprint online and Verizon fighting to get there there will be a heated battle over subscribers. Expect to see QoS drop as more users come online, however. I fully expect Google to get mixed up in this somehow related to Chrome OS and cloud computing; I believe they are already part owner of Clear (Sprint's 4G subsidiary).

OLED TV's will begin to approach feasability for middle-class households (~$10,000 @ 42"). We will also start to see them in premium laptops.

If I think of more I will post them.

BTW, great poem.

[Darron65]

BTW, great poem.

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