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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=904362919-05102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>i will ask tim and someone should just look at Weaving the
Web. I think 1991 is about the time that marc andreesen started working on
Mosaic but it may also be a time when tim made a major
release.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vinton G Cerf</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Phill Gross [mailto:PGross@PGross.net]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
internet-history@postel.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Jeff'; 'Vint Cerf'; 'Len
Kleinrock'<BR><B>Subject:</B> WWW date?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here’s a question I bet this group
can answer in a flash:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Various sources show either 1989 or
1991 as the date for the “birth of the web”. Apparently Tim Berners-Lee
supports the 1989 date.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does anyone have more of the story?
Does the 1991 date have any significance (eg, some major release date) or
is it simply wrong.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Phill Gross
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