The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be." Paul Valery's statement rings as true today as it did when the influential French poet first proclaimed it, early in the 20th century. And it perhaps resonates loudest when applied to the electronics industry. Our ever-changing industry, said to have boasted in the 1940s that computers might one day weigh less than two tons, has come a long way. The technological gadgets that could be seen only in the mind's eye 30 years ago and experienced only by a cartoon family known as the Jet-sons now exist outside the world of animation. And riding right along on the wave of change are the many industry trade associations.
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