We need a good market in dial-in PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) access, with a number of compatible PPP or SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) providers in each area … I’m looking forward to the day when my daughter finds a rolled-up 1,000-pixel-by-1,000-pixel color screen in her cereal packet, with a magnetic back so it sticks to the fridge.”
Predictor: Berners-Lee, Tim
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 Information Week article regarding the future of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee discusses what needs to happen before the Internet becomes an everyday household application: ”Clearly, we need a good market in dial-in PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) access, with a number of compatible PPP or SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) providers in each area. We can assume that a Web browser and TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) software will be packaged with any operating system from now on: For example, see IBM’s OS/2 WebExplorer and the coming Windows 95. The terminal equipment is still expensive, though I’m looking forward to the day when my daughter finds a rolled-up 1,000-pixel-by-1,000-pixel color screen in her cereal packet, with a magnetic back so it sticks to the fridge.”
Biography:Tim Berners-Lee of CERN first released his revolutionary World-Wide Web for initial use in 1991 and with it shared his invention HTML (hypertext mark-up language). He later served as director of W3 Consortium, an open forum of companies and organizations whose goal was to find ways to help the Web reach its full potential. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: July 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Protocols
Name of publication: Information Week
Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet – Where Is It All Going?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=b83c10508e19ffbee2b32765ce099c64&_docnum=13&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlAl&_md5=c019c9e4607b692c5d94a18a96d58bde
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