[ih] Memories of Flag Day?

[Dave Crocker]

On 8/18/2023 1:49 PM, John Day via Internet-history wrote:
> As for hyperlinks, NLS was a hypertext system by design and demonstrated at NCC in 1968.

I tend to distinguish between broad vision, component technology, and 
systems integration.

Visions tend to be long on painting a kind of world and short (and often 
inaccurate) on details.  Component technology is foundational 
innovation.  Systems integration puts things together to produce a 
directly usable capability.

The web is a lot more than just links.  It has been argued that it 
invented no components.  I think that's probably true.  But what it did 
that hadn't been done before was integrate a particular set of 
components with a balance of capabilities, usability, and extensibility.

Skills and accomplishments at systems integration like this are often 
undervalued, compared with component innovation.  IMO.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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