Internet Application Growth
- Usage doubles every 100 days!
- 100 Million people use the Internet regularly
- E-Commerce growth is spectacular
- US consumers making credit-cards purchase
grew from 10-40% over last 2 years *
- Companies planning to go completely online
E.g., GM plans to have all 12 of its business
units purchase materials online by 2000:
estimated value of $5 Billion
- Business purchases estimated at $300 Billion
by 2002 **
- In US, close to cable TV in "viewers"
*
Georgia Tech Graphics,
Visualization and Usability Center (GVUC) study, 1998
** San Francisco Chronical article on
the US Commerce Department report released 15 Apr 98.
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Last modified: Mon Jul 13 10:07:11 PDT 1998