The Microsoft Network promises to be a formidable rival for America Online.
Predictor: Nollinger, Mark
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Wired magazine, writer Mark Nollinger writes: ”Whatever the legal outcome, the Microsoft Network promises to be a formidable rival for America Online. Microsoft’s strategy: lure users and content providers with an ‘a la carte’ service that minimizes connect-time charges. Microsoft is expected to charge around $4 a month for basic services like e-mail, chat, Internet access, and some news. While it remains unclear how much extra independently generated content will cost, content providers will receive at least 70 percent of whatever they earn, however they earn it.”
Date of prediction: September 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
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