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Re: Happy birthday
From: Joel Esler <eslerj () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:55:25 -0400
der Mouse wrote:
World wide web Twas born today in '73 (I think)No, that's much too early. See, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web, which points out that the Web wasn't even a gleam in Berners-Lee's eye until 1980 or so and wasn't a proposal until late 1990. 1993, when CERN set it free, as it were, would be a more realistic birthdate; the Wikipedia article dates that to "April 30, 1993", so that may be what you're thinking of.
He was close. Only 20 years off. :) J _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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