183 Quotes by Tim Berners-Lee

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    The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.

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    When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

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    Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind.

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    When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.

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    Anyone who slaps a "this page is best viewed with Browser X" label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.

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    I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

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