The days when browsers could be dismissed as throwaway shell programs or glorified shareware are drawing to a close. Browsers are, in fact, windows to a new world of networked libraries, communities and commerce.
Predictor: Kobielus, James
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Network World, James Kobielus, a senior telecommunications analyst with LCC, an Arlington, Va.-based network design and engineering firm, writes about the future of networking: ”Browser vendors will have to be evaluated on the strength of their technology, product directions and strategic alliances, just as if they were a supplier of operating systems, database management systems or any other critical piece of infrastructure. Ask the browser vendor how tightly it plans to integrate its products with the various software and networking components of your company’s distributed environment. The days when browsers could be dismissed as throwaway shell programs or glorified shareware are drawing to a close. Browsers are, in fact, windows to a new world of networked libraries, communities and commerce.”
Date of prediction: November 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Network World
Title, headline, chapter name: Browsers Are Coming on Strong as the Preferred Application Launching Point
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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