I don’t know that we’re at a decision point where we’re going to decide what the future of audio and video is, but I think we’re at the point where people are going to be able to plug in whatever they need to on top of our platform to be able to deploy whatever applications they want to.
Predictor: Andreessen, Marc
Prediction, in context:The following comes from an August 1995 interview between Marc Andreessen and Barry Phillips: PHILLIPS- “Are the key Internet audio and video standards on the way? For example VAT, RTP and support for broadcast?” ANDREESSEN- “The great things about standards is there are so many to choose from. I think there’s going to be a bunch of formats for a while. For example, we’re going to support a whole bunch types of audio and video through the plug-in API. We’ll be supporting and shipping some of those natively. Other people will be able to write plug-ins that slot in. I don’t know that we’re at a decision point where we’re going to decide what the future of audio and video is, but I think we’re at the point where people are going to be able to plug in whatever they need to on top of our platform to be able to deploy whatever applications they want to. There will be more components that plug into the overall architecture. So if you have an application that calls for MPEG audio then you can do it, or you have an application that calls for real-time broadcast you can do it, and you can do it all within the same 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: August 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Title, headline, chapter name: Interview: Marc Andreessen
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.cc.ntnu.edu.tw/~t04002/marc.htm
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