Tech Predictions Through History: When Industry Leaders Got the Future Right and Wrong
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Julio Franco, Graham Singer
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A reflective analysis of notable predictions and quotes from tech industry leaders about the future of computing, examining which forecasts proved accurate, which were premature, and which became famously wrong over time. The article explores how engineers, executives, and founders made bold claims about chip architectures, operating systems, search engines, mobile devices, and social networks as the pace of technology accelerated.
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Long before every roadmap became a secret and every patent a weapon, engineers, executives, and founders were often surprisingly candid about where they thought technology was headed.
Sometimes they were right. Sometimes they were very, very early. And sometimes they gave us the kind of quote that only gets better with age.
As the pace of tech accelerated, so did the appetite for bolder claims.
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