Re: Happy birthday

[Joel Esler <eslerj () gmail com>]

der Mouse wrote:
> > World wide web
> > Twas born today in '73 (I think)
> >     
>
> No, that's much too early.  See, for example,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web, which points out that the
> Web wasn't even a gleam in Berners-Lee's eye until 1980 or so and
> wasn't a proposal until late 1990.  1993, when CERN set it free, as it
> were, would be a more realistic birthdate; the Wikipedia article dates
> that to "April 30, 1993", so that may be what you're thinking of.
>
>   
He was close.  Only 20 years off.  :)

J
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