Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

That's Sir Tim to You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the peer-to-peer-networking dept.

andrew_j_w writes "British born creator of the web Tim Berners-Lee has finally received his Knighthood from the Queen. It's nice to a pioneer, who certainly not a household name, get such a high honour from the establishment. Hopefully more people will now recognise the great work he did!"

1 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. Is inventing the web that big a deal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't want to criticize Tim B, but is inventing the web (assuming he did that) all that much of a landmark achievement? I mean it doesn't really compare to splitting the atom, inventing calculus, proving FLT, etc ....