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The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.

- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

The World Wide Web turns 20

Allegedly it was 20 years ago, today, 13 March, that Tim Berners Lee first dreamed up the idea of the World Wide Web. It wasn’t called the W3 back then, but the proposal that was made eventually lead to what we know today.

Here’s a news article on iTWeb and another from ReadWriteWeb about this historic occasion.

There’s more information about the history of the World Wide Web on Wikipedia.

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Posted by Marc on Mar 13 2009 under Uncategorized