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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."
Okay I forgot to say that by "this" I mean semantic desktop, which would naturally be related to Tim Berners-Lee's prediction of the future including the semantic web.
I was typing two things at once and only proofread for typos. Not coherence unfortunately.
Basically, while not challenging OSX or Windows, KDE4 has a lot of users realative to the number of users who would normally be involved in implementing semantic anything.
At the same time as the semantic desktop will be available, the functionality will be compatible with Mozilla (Firefox Web Browser) and their XUL (an XML implementation for their User Interface.)
I wasn't trying to promote KDE4, which is months away, or Mandriva, which I don't use. It's just really cool for those of us who've been looking forward to a semantic web where words will have more meaning. It seems like it might start with KDE users and as it grows spread to Firefox. And since the crucial parts of Apple's Safari and Dashboard are Open Source and based on KDE code, Mac users may be included in on this fairly quickly.