We can expect in a very short period of time an international electronic marketplace where goods of all types – merchandise, information, software, etc. – are bring bought and sold.
Predictor: Farber, David J.
Prediction, in context:David Farber made this comment about future of e-commerce at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Atlanta Feb. 18, 1995: ”As the GII [Global Information Infrastructure] becomes more a part of the everyday business of nations, it will become more and more neccessary for commerce to take place among the users of the infrastructure. We can expect in a very short period of time an international electronic marketplace where goods of all types – merchandise, information, software, etc. – are bring bought and sold.”
Biography:David Farber was the recipient of the 1995 ACM Sigcomm Award for lifelong contributions to the computer communications field. He has worked at the University of Pennsylvania, managing research in high-speed networking. In 2000, he served as chief technologist at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. He also directed the Center for Communications and Information Sciences and Policy. In 1997, Upside magazine named him one of its Elite 100 visionaries of high-tech. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: February 18, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: Computer-Mediated Communication
Title, headline, chapter name: Living in the Global Information Infrastructure: Some Concerns
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://ibiblio.org/cmc/mag/1995/apr/farber.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.