Tens of millions of people will be connected to interactive services, changing the way business and society function in terms of how they get information, communicate with other people, buy products and learn new things.
Predictor: Case, Steve
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Network Computing magazine, a number of Internet pioneers and administrators were asked for their predictions for the year 2000. Steve Case, CEO of America Online, comments: ”Tens of millions of people will be connected to interactive services, changing the way business and society function in terms of how they get information, communicate with other people, buy products and learn new things.”
Biography:Steve Case was founder and CEO of America Online, now merged with Time Warner. AOL developed into the country’s largest commercial Internet service provider, reaching a vast Internet community. The proliferation of AOL’s services helped define developing trends in Internet communication. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Network Computing
Title, headline, chapter name: Millennium Prophesies
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=1b2401a7f3b066acd9e0ae52a25c0e21&_docnum=4&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=1a8616c1ba5ed2fe70f13731c109363c
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Edwards, Elizabeth