When you look ahead 10 years from now, probably most of our subscribers will be connecting to us several times a day, from several different locations, with several different access devices, on several different communications devices. It will become part of their life.
Predictor: Case, Steve
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Wired magazine, Mark Nollinger writes: ”‘Right now, most people can only use AOL when they’re at home in their den,’ Case says. ‘Well, that’s not what its going to take to create a mainstream phenomenon. But when you look ahead 10 years from now, probably most of our subscribers will be connecting to us several times a day, from several different locations, with several different access devices, on several different communications devices. It will become part of their life.'”
Biography:Steve Case was founder and CEO of America Online, now merged with Time Warner. AOL developed into the country’s largest commercial Internet service provider, reaching a vast Internet community. The proliferation of AOL’s services helped define developing trends in Internet communication. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: September 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: America, Online! America Online Has Been on a Rocket Ride, Now it Would Like to Morph Into an ‘Interactive Service Company’ Before Microsoft and the Web Eat its Lunch
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/aol_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry