Even if msn wanted to kill the Internet, it couldn’t.
Predictor: Nielsen, Jakob
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 column on online publishing, Jakob Nielsen writes:”I don’t think that the launch of the Microsoft Network (msn) this month will mean the death of the Internet for online publications. First, Bill Gates says that msn will ‘become a part of the Internet rather than strongly distinct from it,’ so it is not being positioned as an Internet-killer. Second, even if msn wanted to kill the Internet, it couldn’t.”
Biography:Jakob Nielsen labeled himself as an “Internet User Advocate” and built a reputation as a speaker and writer in that area. He co-founded the Nielsen Norman Group with Donald A. Norman (a former VP of research at Apple Computer). In the early 1990s, he was an engineer at Sun Microsystems. He invented and patented a number of Internet usability methods. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: August 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Service Providers
Name of publication: The Alert Box
Title, headline, chapter name: Directions for Online Publishing
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9508.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Sampson, Melanie B.