Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised instant catalog shopping–just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? 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.Found from a 1995 Newsweek article, Clifford Stoll doesn't see how the Internet can be successful. Looking at it from 15 years in the future, it's hilarious how much he got wrong, but also sad how many of the problems he describes are still around today. Why The Internet Will Fail (From 1995)
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