"Within 10 years, the two-planet Interplanetary Internet will be in operation, with several satellites in orbit around Mars. Many robots will have landed on the surface and at least one e-mail server [to communicate with them] will likely be on the planet. As many as two billion users will be on the Internet, and that many devices will be on the network as well. Intelligent devices will be a normal part of daily life, performing functions for us such as ordering [groceries] . . . as we occupy ourselves with less mundane matters."
Vinton G. Cerf, senior vice president for Internet architecture and technology at MCI WorldCom
