Remember AOL’s erstwhile partner Commodore? Ten years ago, it was the largest home PC company in the United States; today, it’s the answer to a trivia question. Will AOL be able to avoid a similar fate? Can it withstand the Microsoft juggernaut? Will its strategy of co-opting the Internet work?
Predictor: Nollinger, Mark
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Wired magazine, Mark Nollinger writes: ”America Online still has to prove it can deal with the changing marketplace in the here and now. Remember AOL’s erstwhile partner Commodore? Ten years ago, it was the largest home PC company in the United States; today, it’s the answer to a trivia question. Will AOL be able to avoid a similar fate? Can it withstand the Microsoft juggernaut? Will its strategy of co-opting the Internet work? Or will the attractions of the Web prove irresistible to users and content providers alike?”
Date of prediction: August 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: America, Online! America Online Has Been on a Rocket Ride, Now it Would Like to Morph Into an ‘Interactive Service Company’ Before Microsoft and the Web Eat its Lunch
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/aol_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry