Microsoft founder, Bill Gates in an interview with a German newspaper predicted that DVD's would be obsolete in 10 years at the latest.
Asked what home entertainment would be like in the future, Gates said, "DVD technology would be obsolete in 10 years at the latest. If you consider that nowadays we have to carry around film and music on little silver discs and stick them in the computer, it's ridiculous."
He also gave a blink into his vision for mobile phones. "With cell phones, we will be able to read bar codes to retrieve information about a certain product. With a camera phone we will be able to translate a restaurant menu in a foreign country."
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