I truly believe that WWW, with Mosaic-like viewers, will be the “killer” application that catches many people’s imaginations … Many companies are stepping up to WWW as THE technology with which to present info on the Internet – companies like Novell, Quarterdeck and QMS.
Predictor: Martineau, Mike
Prediction, in context:In the 1994 book “Canadian Internet Handbook,” the authors quote Mike Martineau, of NSTN Inc., who says “the future of the Internet is in tools like Mosaic.” They write: ”Mike indicates that these tools will launch the Internet into organizations in a way that has not been seen before. ‘I truly believe that WWW, with Mosaic-like viewers, will be the ‘killer’ application that catches many people’s imaginations … Many companies are stepping up to WWW as THE technology with which to present info on the Internet – companies like Novell, Quarterdeck and QMS.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Canadian Internet Handbook
Title, headline, chapter name: Tools for Knowledge Retrieval
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 162, 163
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Burnham, Jay