Thus far we have only seen good internetworking for the computer professionals. The big challenge is to do this for other markets such as entertainment and business-to-business transactions.
Predictor: Lynch, Daniel C.
Prediction, in context:In an interview for InfoWorld in 1994, Jayne Levin, editor of The Internet Letter, asks Daniel C. Lynch what his vision of the future of internetworking looked like. Lynch responds: ”Internetworking provides the technical approach to the big dream: all things digital delivered to all possible users. Internetworking seperates the data movement from the data presentation and storage. Good internetworking does it cheaply and completely. Thus far we have only seen good internetworking for the computer professionals. The big challenge is to do this for other markets such as entertainment and business-to-business transactions.”
Biography:Daniel C. Lynch was the founder of CyberCash Inc. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: InfoWorld
Title, headline, chapter name: To Dream the Internetworking Dream
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 16, Issue 18, Page S72 ISSN: 01996649
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