Although the use of electronic mail may sound more promising, fax has a better foothold now, and it may be 10 years before something better replaces it.
Predictor: Bricklin, Dan
Prediction, in context:In a 1990 article for InfoWorld on digital communications, Roxanna Li Nakamura quotes Dan Bricklin’s view of e-mail. Nakamura writes: ”Although the use of electronic mail may sound more promising, fax has a better foothold now, and it may be 10 years before something better replaces it, said Visicalc creator Dan Bricklin.”
Biography:Dan Bricklin was the inventor of the first big spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, in 1979. In 1995, he founded and became chief technical officer of Trellix, a company making Web tools. Trellix later invested in Pyra Labs, the biggest supplier of Blogging software, in 2001. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1990
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: E-mail
Name of publication: InfoWorld
Title, headline, chapter name: PC Fax Modems, OCR Software, Scanners, Growing In Popularity
Quote Type: Partial quote
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Bricker, Erin E.