Tim Berners-Lee Discusses the Future of the Web

maximus1 writes "In an interview with IT World, Tim Berners-Lee explains his vision of the Semantic Web. He says: 'The Semantic Web is going to take off particularly when we see people using it for data processing, when we see people using it in more and more things, adding personal data, adding files to government data.' His position on net neutrality: 'We've seen cable companies trying to prevent using the Internet for Internet phones. I am concerned about this, and am working, with many other committed people, to keep it from happening. I think it's very important to keep an open Internet for whoever you are. This is called Net neutrality. It's very important to preserve Net neutrality for the future.' And a fun tidbit — He mentions his 1989 memo to his boss at CERN that described his vision for the Web."

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not buzz-rific enough

[User 956]

And a fun tidbit -- He mentions his 1989 memo to his boss at CERN that described his vision for the Web.

That vision is nonsense. I don't see any Web 2.0 buzzwords on that paper anywhere.

Re:My predictions -- write these down!

[iknownuttin]

I predict that, in the future, the web will be used to for vast amounts of pornography, insane conspiricy theories, niche interest "news" sites that protect their users from anything that might challenge their worldview and to allow regular people to flourish in the utter jackassery that results from anonymity.

Dude, you are so anti-semantic!

Whew

[kensai]

For a second there I thought he said Symantec Web and said to myself "We're all doomed."

Re:My own predictions

[tryfan]

> Apple will sue the first person that uses the term 'iBlog'
A quick Google search shows that you're safe, anyway.

Ob Mony Python reference...

[Anonymous Coward]

Not sure if I missed some kind of sarcasm, but if there is one person in the world who understands what web means, the name of this person is Tim Berners-Lee.

So, you are saying he's the Mighty Wizard Tim?