Commercial users, putting their product information on-line, will greatly strengthen the Internet. Users who send junk mail hurt it but are easily take care of since return hate mail is easy.
Predictor: Roberts, Lawrence G.
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of a 1994 Computerworld article ÒThe History of the Future,Ó bye senior editor Gary H. Anthes. Anthes interviewed more than a dozen pioneers of ARPAnet, forerunner to todayÕs Internet, including Lawrence G. Roberts, president of ATM Systems a division of Connectware, managed development of the ARPAnet at Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Anthes quotes Roberts saying: ÒCommercial users, putting their product information on-line, will greatly strengthen the Internet. Users who send junk mail hurt it but are easily take care of since return hate mail is easy.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: E-mail
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: The History of the Future
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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