Elon University
The prediction, in brief:

The Internet is no longer an academic and research mechanism. Well over half of the Web is now business domains. And I would say that fairly soon, a business without a presence on the Web will be like a business without a fax machine.

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. ÒThe Internet is no longer an academic and research mechanism. Well over half of the Web is now business domains. And I would say that fairly soon, a business without a presence on the Web will be like a business without a fax machine.Ó

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Economic structures

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

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne