Inventor of World Wide Web wins million-euro Technology Prize

modaya

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Thu Apr-15-04 12:59 PM
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Inventor of World Wide Web wins million-euro Technology Prize

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/europe/view/80281/1/
HELSINKI : The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee of Britain, was on Thursday awarded the first Millennium Technology Prize worth one million euros (US$1.67 million), the jury said.

"The Web has significantly enhanced many people's ability to obtain information central to their lives," Pekka Tarjanne, former secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union and chairman of the award selection committee, said in a statement.

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Thu Apr-15-04 01:00 PM
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1. wooHoo!

is he gonna split it with GORE ;->

peace

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Thu Apr-15-04 10:32 PM
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2. Maybe he should split it:

here's an (undated) link:

Web creator comes to BU via VisionQuest
<snip>
In response to a question, Berners-Lee said, all jokes aside, Al Gore did play a role in the Internet. "In the early days of the Web, Al Gore had a vision of the information superstructure," he said.
"You have to give credit to Clinton and Gore for pushing that the Internet should move from an academic system to a commercial system connecting industry," he added.
<snip>
http://www.vqfoundation.org/about/press.html?&itn=001

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