03-01-2010, 03:57 AM | #1 | |
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Newsweek (1995) on ebooks
PatrickLacroix tweeted about a blog post that discusses an article from Newsweek in 1995.
The Internet? Bah! Hype alert: Why cyberspace isn’t, and will never be, nirvana The Newsweek article was written by the well-know astronomer Clifford Stoll. In general he thought that the internet would be just a hype, and would never become something useful. To stay on topic: he also made some remarks about ebooks, although that word wasn't used. Quote:
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03-01-2010, 06:27 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the link. I read the BoingBoing entry when it came out (and Silicon Snake Oil when it first came out) but didn't notice Cliff Stoll's response on the boinger.
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