We believe that many of our books (and those of all publishers) will have persistent online elements (i.e. associated WWW data) in future.
Predictor: O'Reilly, Tim
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The Irish Times, Tim O’Reilly speaks on the importance of the Internet for publishers:”‘It’s certainly given us a higher profile, but it’s not a major part of our revenue yet. That being said, it’s an extremely important part of our future, since we believe that many of our books (and those of all publishers) will have persistent online elements (i.e. associated WWW data) in future.'”
Biography:Tim O’Reilly was founder and first president of O’Reilly & Associates, a computer-book-publishing company that helped popularize the Internet in the decade of the 1990s. His Global Network Navigator site (GNN, which was sold to America Online in September 1995) was the first Web portal and one of the initial commercial sites on the World Wide Web. He received InfoWorld’s Industry Achievement Award in 1998 for his advocacy on behalf of the Open Source community. He served on the board of trustees for the Internet Society and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: May 8, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Publishing
Name of publication: Irish Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Cork Express
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=3073ac961ffe773b16f36210dfaa1ea3&_docnum=4&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlAl&_md5=f98fe278f4516c4ce1524b3124816d24
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