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The Web Is 16 Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the raise-a-glass dept.

GuNgA-DiN writes, "Today marks the 16th anniversary of the World Wide Web. According to the timeline on the W3.org site: 'The first web page [was] http://nxoc01.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. Unfortunately CERN no longer supports the historical site. Note from this era too, the least recently modified web page we know of, last changed Tue, 13 Nov 1990 15:17:00 GMT (though the URI changed.)' A lot has happened in 16 years and this little 'baby' has grown into quite the teenager."

2 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. Meh ... it will never take off by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In 1993 on a University VAX my bet would of been Gopherspace. It had Archie and Veronica for godsake!!

  2. Re:Teenager ? TEENAGER ? by grouchomarxist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think you are correct in saying that "We are the web". It is true. The web is a reflection of humanity. In represents mankind, warts and all.

    However, because of that I wouldn't want to call the web a utopia. It is a communications mechanism, but it can't fix our flaws, it reveals them.