[Chapter-delegates] press release: World Wide Web's 20th BirthdayHighlights Value Of Open Internet

Thu Mar 12 19:00:44 PDT 2009

Gerard and Olivier,

Attached is the congratulations e-mail I send Sir Tim this evening.  It's
very important to celebrate and give thanks for this amazing, life-
changing, history-changing accomplishment.  Considering all the goodness
that the WWW has accomplished, second only to the Internet, it may be
humankind's greatest achievement.

I wish you all the best on this great day in the history of computer and
networking technologies.

Best regards,

Bill
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On Thu, March 12, 2009 12:48 pm, Gerard Ross wrote:
> Hi Olivier
>
> You're right on the money with the note about the proposal to create
> the Web. We may debate whether that is conception rather than birth,
> but in fact at CERN, they and Tim Berners-Lee have agreed on that
> particular event as the appropriate landmark to celebrate!
>
>    http://info.cern.ch/www20/
>    http://info.cern.ch/
>
> And so tomorrow, Sir Tim will be back at CERN for the special
> celebrations. It will be webcast, by the way, at 14:00 CET (details at
> the link above).
>
> Also, Rudi Vansnick has just reminded me that his fellow Beligian,
> Robert Caillau, was a key collaborator in the development of the Web.
> Apologies, Rudi, for failing to mention that in the press release, but
> for those wanting to learn more about the "world's first web surfer",
> there's a good profile on the CERN site:
>
>    http://public.web.cern.ch/PUBLIC/en/People/Cailliau-en.html
>
> Cheers everyone
> - Gerard
>
> --
> Gerard Ross
> Senior Communications Manager
> Internet Society
> Email: ross at isoc.org
>
>
>
> On 12/03/2009, at 6:28 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>
>> Gerard:
>>
>> 20th birthday? Already?
>> I thought the first Web browser was designed in late 1990?
>> Ref:  http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/WorldWideWeb.html
>>
>> Or is the date taken as the date the first paper about the World
>> Wide Web was published?
>>
>> Or is it the date of the first publicly widely available Web browser
>> sometime in 1993 - after Mark Andreessen sent out the notice for the
>> first release of NCSA Mosaic from University of Illinois at Urbana-
>> Champaign on Usenet mailing lists? (note that NCSA Mosaic wasn't the
>> first browser but it was easier to install on Sun & SGI machines at
>> the time than other browsers which would need much more hacking on
>> compiling...)
>>
>> How time flies...
>>
>>
>>
>> (this is a screen shot that I made of IBM's first Web page running
>> on a very early version of NCSA Mosaic, back in the days... :-)
>> Note the link to view the documents "without images" - because most
>> computers did not display the images correctly. At the time, I was
>> using a Silicon Graphics SGI IRIS Indigo box - which was the top
>> stuff for graphics in its era... Sorry for being nostalgic... :-)
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerard Ross" <ross at isoc.org>
>> To: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:48 PM
>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] press release: World Wide Web's 20th
>> BirthdayHighlights Value Of Open Internet
>>
>>
>>> Hello everyone
>>>
>>> For your reference, here is a press release that we will be issuing
>>> shortly.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> - Gerard
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>> Press release - for immediate distribution
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> WORLD WIDE WEB'S 20TH BIRTHDAY HIGHLIGHTS VALUE OF OPEN INTERNET
>>>
>>> Geneva, Switzerland - 12 March 2009 - As the inventor of the World
>>> Wide Web returns to Geneva for the twentieth birthday of his
>>> creation,  the Internet Society celebrates both his achievement and
>>> the open,  standardised Internet platform that made it possible.
>>>
>>> Tim Berners-Lee, helped change the course of history by inventing
>>> the  World Wide Web, while working at the CERN physics laboratory
>>> in Geneva, 20 years ago. What some may not realise is that the
>>> Internet itself had at that time already been running for more than
>>> 15 years.
>>>
>>> "People often confuse the Internet and the Web," explains Lynn
>>> St.Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. "The Internet
>>> is  a vast network of networks, interconnected in many different
>>> physical  ways, yet all speaking a common language, specified by
>>> standardised  protocols. The Web is one - albeit, the most
>>> influential and well  known - of many different applications which
>>> run over the Internet."
>>>
>>> Part of the genius of the Internet is that it allows anyone to
>>> create  new applications and to deploy them without needing the
>>> permission of  any central authority. It achieves this through a
>>> unique model of  development, relying on inclusive processes and
>>> open, freely  accessible standards. This has become known as the
>>> Internet Model, and  it has always been crucial in bringing to
>>> fruition the vision of the  Internet's founders for globally
>>> interconnected and accessible  information.
>>>
>>> "The great achievement of Tim Berners-Lee was to recognise the
>>> power and potential in the Internet," said Ms St.Amour. "In many
>>> ways, the extraordinary success of the Web illustrates the value of
>>> the Internet's robust, open model of development and use."
>>>
>>> "The 'killer applications' like the Web, email, and instant
>>> messaging  have certainly played a huge part in bringing the
>>> Internet into the  popular consciousness and establishing it as
>>> vital to so many aspects  of modern life and business. The Internet
>>> Model makes that possible,  by allowing innovators like Berners-Lee
>>> to create, develop, and turn  their visions into reality. The
>>> success of the Web and the many other  Internet applications in
>>> turn enriches the Internet and increases its  value for people
>>> everywhere," she said.
>>>
>>>
>>> About the Internet Society
>>> ---------------------------
>>> The Internet Society is an international, non-profit organisation
>>> founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related
>>> standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC,
>>> and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open
>>> development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of
>>> people throughout the world.
>>>
>>>
>>> Further details
>>> ----------------
>>>
>>> Gerard Ross
>>> Senior Communications Manager, Internet Society
>>> E-mail: ross at isoc.org
>>> Telephone: +41-228-071-444 x2261
>>> 4, rue des Falaises
>>> CH-1205-Geneva
>>> Switzerland
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg Wood
>>> Senior Communications Manager, Internet Society
>>> E-mail: wood at isoc.org
>>> Telephone: +1-703-439-2120 x2145
>>> 1775 Wiehle Avenue
>>> Suite 201
>>> Reston, VA
>>> 20190-5108 U.S.A.
>>>
>>>
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