The prediction, in brief:

If the Internet is to truly act as a giant distributed filing system and global computer, services need to become scalable as demand grows. If the request load on the Library of Congress goes up by a thousand, we need a way (translation: monetary compensation) to sustain it. Equally, if people go looking for, say, the current version of Doom, search facilities should be smart enough to locate and point to a local copy first before flagging copies a continent away.

Predictor: Dern, Daniel

Prediction, in context:

In a 1994 article, Network Computing writer, Daniel Dern reports on how the Internet could transform business. He writes:”If the Internet is to truly act as a giant distributed filing system and global computer, services need to become scalable as demand grows. If the request load on the Library of Congress goes up by a thousand, we need a way (translation: monetary compensation) to sustain it. Equally, if people go looking for, say, the current version of Doom, search facilities should be smart enough to locate and point to a local copy first before flagging copies a continent away.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1994

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Network Computing

Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet, Your Company and You

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 50

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne