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Tim Berners-Lee Quotes

English computer scientist (born 1955)

Tim Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

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Birth Name: Timothy John Berners-Lee
Alternative Names: Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee • TimBL • T. Berners-Lee • T Berners-Lee • Tim Berners Lee • T. J. Berners-Lee • T.J. Berners-Lee • TJ Berners-Lee • TBL • Sir Tim Berners-Lee • Berners-Lee

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Similar: Kevin Kelly 44.1% Jimmy Wales 42.1% Nicholas Negroponte 40.9% Mark Zuckerberg 40.5% Ted Nelson 40.2% Newton Lee 39.6% Cory Doctorow 39.3% Ellen Ullman 39.3% Friedrich Kittler 39.0% Bill Gates 38.7%
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The web setting out as something which was universal, something which anybody could use, I felt was very important. It's no good having something which will run on any platform if, in fact, there is a proprietary hold on it.

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