I think one of the exciting things that going to happen over the next three or four years is cable Internet access. High-bandwidth cable access to the home ought to start becoming a reality if it’s ever going to. That should really open up the floodgates for what you can do interactively.
Predictor: Andreessen, Marc
Prediction, in context:The following comes from an August 1995 interview between Marc Andreessen and Barry Phillips: Phillips: “Tell me how interactive communications will come about on the Net.” Andreessen: “It’s mostly a matter of people actually sitting down and doing the work to make it happen. I think one of the exciting things that going to happen over the next three or four years is cable Internet access. High-bandwidth cable access to the home ought to start becoming a reality if it’s ever going to. That should really open up the floodgates for what you can do interactively. Phillips: “Do you think that will be a big trend?” Andreessen: “If it works. If they can deploy it, it will be huge. It’s virtually guaranteed success because it will be such a dramatic breakthrough.”
Biography:Marc Andreessen worked with Eric Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in 1992, to develop a browser that would be usable on any computer, easy to use and graphically rich. In 1993, their browser, Mosaic, completely changed the face of the Internet 脨 it allowed HTML “image” tags which make it so text and art can appear on the same page; it allowed easy text scrolling; and it introduced hyperlinks, allowing users to simply click on an area of the screen to go to another document on the Internet. In1994, Mosaic was developed and marketed; the product eventually was named Netscape. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: August 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Title, headline, chapter name: Interview: Marc Andreessen
Quote Type: Direct quote
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