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