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Bill wrote the book "The Road Ahead" in the 90s. It heavily references an Information Superhighway and widespread PDA use (aka the modern Internet and smartphon

• jdsully 6y ago
  The book was written without mentioning the internet at all. He famously had to go back and add in the internet parts after it was already a sure thing. '95 was still early, but back then techies weren't ready to give BillG the benefit the doubt about anything. > After the book was written, but before it hit bookstores, Gates recognized that the Internet was gaining critical mass, and on December 7, 1995 — just weeks after the release of the book — he redirected Microsoft to become an Internet-focused company; in retrospect he had "vastly underestimated how important and how quickly the internet would come to prominence".[3] Then he and coauthor Rinearson spent several months revising the book, making it 20,000 words longer and focused on the Internet.[citation needed] The revised edition was published in October 1996 as a trade paperback,[6] with the subtitle "Completely revised and up-to-date.".[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Ahead_(Gates_book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Ahead_(Gates_book)
  • Hydraulix989 6y ago
    Correct, it mentioned the Information Superhighway instead; that was the revision. I have and read the first (hardback) edition, and still feel it is sufficiently foretelling. I encourage you to verify this for yourself because the [citation needed] here is telling!