Companies that grew fast but failed to develop real services other than these Internet pipes are skating on very thin ice … The development of online communities is definitely a value-added service.
Predictor: Farber, David J.
Prediction, in context:According to a report by Craig Oda, David Farber made the following remarks at the Hyper Network ’95 Beppu Bay Conference in Japan: ”Companies that grew fast but failed to develop real services other than these Internet pipes are skating on very thin ice … The development of online communities is definitely a value-added service.”
Biography:David Farber was the recipient of the 1995 ACM Sigcomm Award for lifelong contributions to the computer communications field. He has worked at the University of Pennsylvania, managing research in high-speed networking. In 2000, he served as chief technologist at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. He also directed the Center for Communications and Information Sciences and Policy. In 1997, Upside magazine named him one of its Elite 100 visionaries of high-tech. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Computing Japan: Hyper Network '95 Beppu Bay Conference
Title, headline, chapter name: Visions of Japan’s Internet Development: A Report on the Hyper Network ’95, Beppu Bay Conference
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.computingjapan.com/magazine/issues/1996/feb96/beppuba.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.