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Story: Germans rank Berners-Lee alongside Einstein
Posted by: Olav Petri (Friday 19 August 2005, 6:45 PM)
Berners-Lee had the genius to use open protocols and formats, that allowed his good idea to take off. Nothing else could have. Earlier attempts for decades to dominate a network or force through a new technology failed, largely because each and every one of those attempts was centered around closed protocols or formats.
Let's keep that in mind in looking to the next 10 years, too. No matter how well hyped or marketed, closed protocols and formats just don't move. Best to just accept that and leave them alone.
TCP/IP, HTTP, & HTML : all open
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Story: Germans rank Berners-Lee alongside Einstein
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Under, er, stuff people should know-Germans rank B... A.T. Alishtari, POA and Founder EDI Secure LLLP
