Netscape is … betting that companies will want to create their own in-house Webs – advanced networks with state-of-the-art graphics. These tapestries of information will then help firms stay in close touch with employees in far-flung divisions, as well as with customers and suppliers.
Predictor: Netscape
Prediction, in context:In a July 1995 article for The Washington Post, Elizabeth Corcoran takes a look at the looming impact of Netscape. Corcoran writes: ”To make money off the Web, Netscape concluded that it needed to become, in effect, the dashboard for the information highway – something like what the operating system has been for stand-alone personal computers. So it decided to use those free copies of the Navigator as magnets to attract paying customers – both individuals and companies … Netscape is also betting that companies will want to create their own in-house Webs – advanced networks with state-of-the-art graphics. These tapestries of information will then help firms stay in close touch with employees in far-flung divisions, as well as with customers and suppliers. Other computer companies have been captivated by the promise of such information networks. Such technology was at the heart of IBM’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Lotus Development Corp. finalized in early July … As a recent commentary from the San Jose-based market-research firm Dataquest Inc. noted, a growing number of sites on the Internet now carry messages that say something like: ‘This page looks best when using the Netscape browser. If you don’t already have it, get it.'”
Date of prediction: July 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: Software’s Surf King; Marc Andreessen, 24, Is Making Waves on the Internet’s World Wide Web
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=afed8508b214300833b13fa32d328286&_docnum=3&wchp=dGLbVzb-lSlAl&_md5=fede00ff9422b4e30dc24e1b9f86d9d1
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