1.4 Conclusion

If you look back a few years , each of the trends mentioned in this chapter was supposed to become the next big thing after the introduction of the Internet. But it has become quite clear that not a single one of these trends will be able to top the success of the Internet. The future will be composed of many new technologies and paradigms that are reflected in these trends.

If you take all these trends and try to merge them to create a future, you will see that they are part of a bigger scenario, which will eventually become the basis for me-centric computing. Me-centric computing can only be successful if the appropriate architecture is in place, with higher bandwidth, new devices, and new software technologies.

In order to understand how these trends can work together in the future, the next chapter offers a set of scenarios that show how the future may look. You'll see how important it is to get these trends working together in service of a single unifying vision.