Eh, it'll never catch on. (Newsweek article Re: internet)

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Apparently written in 1995
"Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn't—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople."-- sometimes, this is a good thing-- other times, that's why you have live chat and descriptive articles... although, some can attest that some fall through the cracks.
One of the commenters made a good point: "Rob Harris
Credit him with identifying the areas the web needed improvement. The web needed organizing and products and services filled the voids."
It's awesome how far the internet has come. I was born before it took off, and it must be even stranger for those born around 1990 and after...
I remember sending email to my dad in South Korea via some sort of DOS program...

[joe hx]

"Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn't—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople."

Apparently Newsweek hadn't heard of the Sears or JCPenny or any other catalog back then.

[csquared]

Well, this whole computer thing is just a passing fad...

[DeltaSierra]

Interesting who the author is. I loved his book "The Cuckoo's Egg" and I'm quite surprised that he was as pessimistic about the possibilities of the internet as this article says.