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The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine.
Tim Berners-Lee
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Tim Berners-Lee
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 8
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Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.
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Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together.
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The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.
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I'm not a fan of giving a website a simple number like an IQ rating because like people they can vary in all kinds of different ways. So I'd be interested in different organisations labelling websites in different ways.
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Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy.
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If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services.
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I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions.
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The concept of the Web is of universal readership.
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The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people.
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I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.
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Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.
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We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.
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Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.
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If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.
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