We will continue to see dramatic leaps forward in usability of the network … Given the growing corporate interest in the Internet, it won’t be long before you can buy access to the Internet as easily as you buy computer software: in a box in a store.
Predictor: Broadhead, Rick
Prediction, in context:In their 1994 book “Canadian Internet Handbook,” Rick Broadhead and Jim Carroll write:”The Internet is evolving on a regular basis. Applications like Gopher make it easier to ‘surf the net.’ Newer applications such as Mosaic provide GUI – front end to the network, making it easier to use. We will continue to see dramatic leaps forward in usability of the network … Given the growing corporate interest in the Internet, it won’t be long before you can buy access to the Internet as easily as you buy computer software: in a box in a store.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Service Providers
Name of publication: Canadian Internet Handbook
Title, headline, chapter name: Putting the Internet into Perspective
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 186
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Burnham, Jay