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To: joe who wrote (21978)	9/22/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: miklosh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

The following text was snipped from the Novell thread. For the full post: Message 5788548 Andreessen, who invented the technology for Internet browsers, was one of many industry leaders and pundits trying to predict the future at writer and technology prognosticator George Gilder's annual Telecom Conference, which deals mostly with the future of computer networking and telecommunications. Among the other predictions from attendees: that cable television will prove to be the best way to get Internet service into homes and that 3Com Corp.'s Palm III personal organizer could one day threaten the personal computer with extinction. Niche Market Like other ''disruptive technologies,'' the Palm and its predecessors have incubated in a small niche market, where they have added features to become more powerful, Christensen said. The PC did the same thing when older, more powerful minicomputers dominated in the 1980s, he said. Eventually, PCs became more powerful, replacing minicomputers and leading to the demise of companies such as Digital Equipment Corp.