The Generation Gap: Minitel in the Face of the Internet.

Autor/in	Gilbert, Philippe
Titel	The Generation Gap: Minitel in the Face of the Internet.
Quelle	(1996), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Information; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Networks; Computers; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Information Networks; Information Services; Internet; Online Systems; Online Vendors; Private Sector; Public Sector; Technological Advancement; Trend Analysis; User Needs (Information); France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Computernetz; Computernetze; Kommunikationsnetz; Digitalrechner; Ausland; Future; Society; Zukunft; Informationsnetz; Informationstätigkeit; Online; Online-Angebot; Privater Sektor; Öffentlicher Sektor; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Trendanalyse; Benutzerbedürfnis; Frankreich
Abstract	Starting in the 1980s the online world has seen two models: the French model, Minitel, and the American model, Internet. At the end of 1995 the Minitel network was the biggest and oldest online service with 7 million users and 20,000 service providers; one year later, the Internet arrived. Tomorrow's online model will need to be: as familiar to the general public as telephones or television; as natural as a public utility invoice; as easy to use as PC applications; transparent when connecting to the service; and as complete as a newspaper. Market trends see the development of new generation networks using the standard technologies but providing enhanced functions, open to everyone but giving extra services to registered users, and giving the information provider the possibility to run both public and private services on the same platform. After a discussion on users' technical requirements, this paper examines the future potential of the French online market. (AEF)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC