The world is going to be one Internet. It’s happening right now. Today there are more than 100,000 networks connected with the Internet. Parts of that Internet will be cordoned off behind firewalls to protect against intrusion and to protect information – payroll files, for example. But most information should be shared and can be shared and will be shared because of the Web.
Predictor: Patrick, John
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 PC Week article, IBM vice president of Internet applications John Patrick shares his belief that the development of the World Wide Web will have greater consequences than the creation of the PC. In response to the question, ÒDo you think that the Web is more hype than substance?Ó he replies: ”I think the Web is more substance. In fact, I think it’s more profound than the invention of the printing press. I think it’s more profound than the invention of the PC. The PC changed business in some ways. Essentially, the PC enabled the mainframe to come to the desktop. But the Web is far more profound. The Web has enabled every computer to be connected together. The world is going to be one Internet. It’s happening right now. Today there are more than 100,000 networks connected with the Internet. Parts of that Internet will be cordoned off behind firewalls to protect against intrusion and to protect information – payroll files, for example. But most information should be shared and can be shared and will be shared because of the Web.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: PC Week
Title, headline, chapter name: Patrick Guides Integration of IBM Internet Strategy
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 51, 52
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