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CERN Celebrates 20 Years of an Open Web (and Rebuilds 1st Web Page)

Posted by timothy on from the well-it's-done-okay dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Twenty years ago CERN published a statement that made the World Wide Web ('W3,' or simply 'the web') technology available on a royalty-free basis. By making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish." Reader Rambo Tribble adds that CERN "is recreating the very first web page to ever exist. Included in the effort are plans to use the original hardware, as well as software, that gave birth to our beloved WWW."

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  1. And this page will be by ganjadude · · Score: 4, Funny
    slashdotted in a matter of seconds

    plans to use the original hardware, as well as software,

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    1. Re:And this page will be by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are there actually any exploits available for NEXTstep on 68030?

      I don't doubt that vulnerabilities exist; but that's a platform that, er, makes Amiga look like a contender...

  2. Next Project by hduff · · Score: 3, Funny

    The first porn site restored . . .

    Surely, this is archived somewhere.

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  3. Al Gore.... by bobbied · · Score: 2, Funny

    Worked at CERN?

    I never would have guessed that.

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  4. Re:Experience of the first ever webpage by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you miss dancing hamsters, you need to improve your aim.

  5. Re:timothy, QUIT IT, YOU FLAMING MORON by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    QUIT USING PARENTHESES EVERYWHERE. Did you fourth grade teacher instruct you on ANYTHING? ... From where did you graduate? Bovine University?

    He probably graduated from MIT, the AI Lab.

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