Abstract
In this, the first of three sets of position papers for the CTG-CSTG co-sponsored symposium on Computers and Telecommunications in the Year 2000, Arnold Lund describes a view of the future, based on technologies available today which, however, have yet to be integrated. Following his presentation, Lila Laux provides a paper reminding us that computers and telecommunications in the future will need to accommodate a wider variety of users, if we are to ensure that the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and other technology users with special needs are not to become an information-poor underclass in our world. Finally, Nuray Aykin discusses the problems and challenges we face in internationalizing and localizing user interfaces so that software developed in the United States can be successfully marketed abroad.
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