Because people are used to owning information, not leasing it, tangible forms of media like CD-ROM will be with us for a long time.
Predictor: Steinberg, Steve G.
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article listing tech items and issues that are currently being hyped, Steve Steinberg of Wired magazine writes: ”Lost in the excitement over the Internet and online services, CD-ROM has been dismissed as multimedia’s poor cousin. Many experts dubbed it a technology that missed its window of marketability. These industry pundits jumped the gun. CD-ROM drives are selling faster than accounts for online services, thanks to solid products like ‘Myst’ and ‘National Gallery.’ Because people are used to owning information, not leasing it, tangible forms of media like CD-ROM will be with us for a long time.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Hype List: Death of CD-ROMs
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.02/hypelist.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney