You won’t buy expensive software packages and make copies for your friends; you will rent the program, paying as you go. An end to volunteer shareware and software retail … the line between information and software will be further blurred.
Predictor: Hall, Justin Allyn
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 online essay, Justin Hall makes the statement: ”You won’t buy expensive software packages and make copies for your friends; you will rent the program, paying as you go. An end to volunteer shareware and software retail … the line between information and software will be further blurred.”
Biography:Justin Hall worked briefly at Wired in 1994, during a sabbatical from his college days at Swarthmore. He started his own irreverent e-zine, covering diverse topics and providing links all over the Web. He later worked for ZDTV and Games.com and as a freelance journalist. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Links.net
Title, headline, chapter name: Digital Cash: Deft Donations or Surf-Stopping Tithing
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.links.net/dox/tech/digicash.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney