Future Trends in Computing, civiliztion as we've known it is over.
2016 - The Computer Age Arrives, civiliztion as we've known it is over. It is over. Now over 90% of the US population is online. Internet access crosses the 90 percent mark that is only achieved by truly ubiquitous technology, such as television and the home telephone.[1]
The Web has changed the playing field. Even Rupert Murdoch admits it. The dropping of film cameras by Nikon and now this elimination of stock tables from newspapers (not only the L.A. "Times", but the "New York Times" and "Chicago Tribune"). It seems that the digital/Internet revolution that was supposed to come in 2000, yet never quite arrived and was laughed at by old wave businessmen, has finally come to roost. And it's wreaking havoc.
Oh, in the old days it was about being too early. But now with 68% broadband penetration, the time is nigh. Music is going to move to the Web almost overnight. You're going to see a DRAMATIC difference within twelve months.
- Echelon: Interception Capabilities 2000
- F*ck Big Media: Rolling Your Own Network
"Rethinking the design of the Internet:
The end to end arguments vs. the brave new world"