They are going to provide nationwide coverage at extremely competitive rates. It’s going to be really revolutionary in terms of the number of people who will be going online. The introduction of Windows 95 is going to be another shot in the arm for the whole environment.
Predictor: Andreessen, Marc
Prediction, in context:The following was taken from a transcript of a video interview of Marc Andreessen, conducted for the Smithsonian Institution by David K. Allison, curator of the division of information technology and society at the National Museum of American History: ”Unlimited access is not as ubiquitous as it should be, and this is the year that it is really changing with the arrival of MCI, the arrival of Pacific Bell and the other regional Bells. With all of the consumer online services already provided, they want to provide access to the Internet as rapidly as they can. They are going to provide nationwide coverage at extremely competitive rates. It’s going to be really revolutionary in terms of the number of people who will be going online. The introduction of Windows 95 is going to be another shot in the arm for the whole environment.”
Biography:Marc Andreessen worked with Eric Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in 1992, to develop a browser that would be usable on any computer, easy to use and graphically rich. In 1993, their browser, Mosaic, completely changed the face of the Internet Ð it allowed HTML “image” tags which make it so text and art can appear on the same page; it allowed easy text scrolling; and it introduced hyperlinks, allowing users to simply click on an area of the screen to go to another document on the Internet. In1994, Mosaic was developed and marketed; the product eventually was named Netscape. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Service Providers
Name of publication: Smithsonian Institution Oral and Video Histories
Title, headline, chapter name: Marc Andreessen
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/comphist/ma1.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Allen, Patrick J.