The government can help support the low-bandwidth customers who aren’t on the leading edge of technology. I’d like to see funding for overview services such as a WWW virtual library and disinterested summaries of information by libraries or expert groups. The government can also be a source of funding for research, for things like protocols. The Advanced Research Projects Agency is a very important source for this.
Predictor: Berners-Lee, Tim
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Government Computer News, associate editor Shawn P. McCarthy interviewed Tim Berners-Lee, designer of the World Wide Web, and Marc Andreessen, developer of the Mosaic browser. They shared their views on the Web and government involvement. In response to the question, ÒHow about government involvement in developing on-line technologies?Ó Berners-Lee replies: ÒThe government can help support the low-bandwidth customers who aren’t on the leading edge of technology. I’d like to see funding for overview services such as a WWW virtual library and disinterested summaries of information by libraries or expert groups. The government can also be a source of funding for research, for things like protocols. The Advanced Research Projects Agency is a very important source for this.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Role of Govt./Industry
Name of publication: Government Computer News
Title, headline, chapter name: They Made the Web Spun Round the World
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 24
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