It's pretty bad when your 1997 prediction gets killed the first week into the year. This can't be a prediction. He must know something. I suspect that this has something to do with the halo of satellites he and McCaw want to launch. Pay attention when you see anything related to this.
Gates follows with a prediction about changing telephone rates.
Again, stuff from the boardroom presented to you as a prediction. His seventh prediction is a laugher. Corporate cultures will continue to adapt rapidly to the advantages of electronic mail. This is like predicting glassware in 1997 will mostly be clear and probably colorless. It reminds me of George Bush's astonishment over laser bar-code readers in grocery stores.