Gelernter is an essential guide to the future of computer interfaces and databases.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. The supreme abundance of the telecosm is the electromagnetic spectrum, embracing all the universe of vibrating electrical and magnetic fields, from power line pulses through light beams to cosmic rays. Set by the permeability of free space, this minimal span determines the speed of light. In one of the most important issues in the history of the GTR, George Gilder proclaims that Uniphase, now JDSUniphase, will be for the fiber optic era what Intel was for the computer era, the fundamental enabler of the dominant technology of our time. In March of 1999, with the capitulation of the GSM forces in Europe, CDMA's world wide victory became assured.