Quo Vadis. Where are we going? Here are some pointers by the master minds. Enjoy- - Javed. There will be satellites in orbit around Mars. There will also be ground radio stations on the surface of the planet, and we will link the Internets on the surface and the Internets on Earth with an interplanatory backbone. The design is intended to work over a much broader scale than two planets, too. For now we have funds to do the first link between Earth and Mars. The design is intended to take in most of the solar system with an eye to dealing with communications in the astroid belt, because thats where some of the fist commercialization is likely to occur; -Vinton Cerf on Interplanatory Internet, Yahoo Life Interview, December 1999.

Applications generate new requirements, and the Internet evolves to meet them. To the network community, the word "multimedia" has been a lure- surely this exciting field must generate lots of requirements that will challenge the network. But there is always the question of whether the two communities have correctly understood the needs and capabilities of the other. -David D. Clark, Key note address on ACM Multimedia'99, November 99. I am much more worried about the developing world. The Net could make an enormous difference, though it may not be accessible to the people who would most benefit. -Berners-Lee on the question of digital divide, Interview with Yahoo Internet Life Interview, December 1999.