The Next Fifty Years of Software

4/7/97

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Table of Contents

A Brief History of the Universe

A Brief History of Information

Software Co. Stock Price

Software Co. Stock Price

Log (Stock Price/DRAM $ per bit)

Nathan’s 1st Law of Software

Windows NT Lines of Code

Browser Code Growth

Nathan’s 2nd Law of Software

Nathan’s 2nd Law of Software

Nathan’s 3rd Law of Software

Nathan’s 3rd Law of Software

Nathan’s 4th Law of Software

Nathan’s 4th Law of Software

Nathan’s 4th Law of Software

Nathan’s 4th Law of Software

The Software Crisis!

The Software Crisis!

The Software Crisis!

The Software Crisis!

The Perpetual Crisis

The Perpetual Crisis

The Perpetual Crisis

Synthetic Actors

Mommy, look at my T. rex!

Future Software Techniques

Which is Bigger?

Genetic Complexity

Genetic Complexity

Genetic Complexity

Genetic Diversity?

Genetic Diversity?

The Ultimate Computer

The Ultimate Computer

Programming The Ultimate Computer

Programming The Ultimate Computer

Humans as Software

Humans as Software

Operating Systems for Human Software

Separated at Birth?

Separated at Birth?

Separated at Birth?

See you in 2047!

Author: Nathan P. Myhrvold

Home Page: http://research.microsoft.com/acm97/

Other information:
This talk was given at ACM 97. It was prepared for on-line viewing by Microsoft Research and Dog & Pony Studios. Contact: jgemmell@microsoft.com

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