Distributed bulletin board systems are not a substitute for full Internet access, but rather are the logical pathway toward full Internet access. They are “training-wheel” systems for the Internet that will continue to provide an important local support function even after full Internet access is achieved.
Predictor: Odasz, Frank
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks” by Frank Odasz, the director of Big Sky Telegraph, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. He writes: ”Distributed bulletin board systems are not a substitute for full Internet access, but rather are the logical pathway toward full Internet access. They are ‘training-wheel’ systems for the Internet that will continue to provide an important local support function even after full Internet access is achieved.”
Biography:Frank Odasz was an assistant professor of computing education at the University of Colorado and the director of Big Sky Telegraph, a popular community network of the time. He was widely known as a speaker on community networking and educational technologies. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: MOOs/MUDs/B-Boards/Newsgroups
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 127
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