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Post by Zyobot on Jun 1, 2019 18:42:02 GMT
Beginning in 1989, the IoT innovation that would eventually be known as the World Wide Web changed the digital landscape forever. Pioneered by English computer expert Sir Tim Berners-Lee, this information system of URLs and hypertext revolutionized the then-nascent internet, transforming it into the globally interlinked and accessible communications network that it is in 2019. Maybe one of the most notable qualities of the WWW, however, is that its inventor chose not to monopolize it once he cracked the code.
So, what if Berners-Lee were instead a bit greedier and decided to patent it in a different TL?
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Post by Zyobot on Jun 2, 2019 19:49:59 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Jun 3, 2019 3:42:01 GMT
Wonder how rich he would be, something like Bill Gates rich. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 13:22:40 GMT
So, what if Berners-Lee were instead a bit greedier and decided to patent it in a different TL? Format wars. Wonder how rich he would be, something like Bill Gates rich. A bigger company (Sun, Microsoft) would have brought out competing systems that only worked on their hardware/software platforms. TBL would have to stick with being a academic. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jun 3, 2019 16:33:46 GMT
So, what if Berners-Lee were instead a bit greedier and decided to patent it in a different TL? Format wars. Wonder how rich he would be, something like Bill Gates rich. A bigger company (Sun, Microsoft) would have brought out competing systems that only worked on their hardware/software platforms. TBL would have to stick with being a academic. Do you think these "format wars" would potentially lead to more innovation, or maybe muddy up the nascent interwebs to the point where there's much less? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 17:37:23 GMT
Do you think these "format wars" would potentially lead to more innovation, or maybe muddy up the nascent interwebs to the point where there's much lessThings like Yahoo/Google/Facebook/Wikipedia/Twitter/Myspace/Youtube/Youporn would be difficult with no unified HTML, you'd need a separate browser for each application. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_platformIt would make an controlled, censored internet in China/Russia/Iran/wherever much more easy |
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