Re: SMD Charter

In article <1134172125.382973.281080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Sue" <chrlie699@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The Webby wrote:
> > In article <1134167410.359219.315640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "Sue" <chrlie699@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Berners-Lee.
> > >
> > > Is this your partner? Did you and he ocnme up with the concept of
> > > usenet?
> > Oh my ..... no and no respectively.
> >
> > >
> > > That is pretty awesome. It must have been pretty exciting.
> >
> > I'm at a loss for words here. I think I just earned an "F" for effort to
> > communicate effectively.
> > >
> > > In the same token, who is not a member of the public? Who cannot be a
> > > member of a usenet? For example, why woud I not be considered a
> > > member of a usenet if I am interested in the topic?
> > >
> > > Why is there so little patience on a usenet as compared to a real
> > > community. For example, just becuase someone misunderstood someone and
> > > thought they were joking, when they were actually being serious, .. why
> > > would that be cause to throw someone out of the community?
> >
> > "...a real community"?
> > >
> > > Especially when "the community" boasts that they are comprised of
> > > intelligent and compassionate people?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Sue
> >
> > I give up and I don't give up often.
> >
> > Webby
>
> I am sorry. You spoke of yourself and an intelligent partner
> underneathe a link that opens up a bio of Tim Berners-Lee.
>
> Have a good weekend.
>
> -Sue
The invention of the World Wide Web changed the world. It also changed
Usenet in new and different ways than it had been changing since 1969.

This is what I wrote; so there's no confusion:

http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

In Feb. 1993, *who* could have *imagined* the world we live in today?
How would the web impact usenet?

In 1994, I worked with a brilliant person to design and maintain a
website for the public. I authored the material in English, my partner
authored the HTML. Both of us put our heads together to develop a
website like nothing anyone had every seen. I think we were successful.
The most important element of success being that it was in the spirit
intended by the inventor of the World Wide Web. It was a gift to the
world.

Today, "building a website" has lost all meaning that it had back then.
My partner and I spent endless hours dedicated to a project that was
like nothing we had ever thought possible. Launching was delayed for a
few months for various reason until early 1995. At that point, putting
up an image of planet earth was enough to not sleep at night over the
excitement of such a thing. Nothing moved on a website, no music and
everything was built by hand.

By 1996, there were over 500 pages of material available on the website.
At the same time, there was an ongoing effort to interface the
web-project with Usenet. The times were painfully difficult and
challenging at the same time. I would not want to have lived my life
without this experience no matter the cost.

Webby

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Webby
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