1 | Java becomes a better Grande (HPCC) programming environment than Fortran and C++ |
2 | High speed networks become pervasively deployed |
3 | Microsoft does not win -- some combination of IBM Sun Netscape (...) stops the advance of NT, COM, Internet Explorer, ChromeEffects ... |
4 | The Web remains a creative open environment |
5 | Supercomputers remain a small market but do not entirely disappear -- they may become "just" clusters |
6 | Technical computing (on supercomputers and below) continues to be important but problems become complex with linked databases and linked multiple disciplines |