“The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies.” WorldGoalExistenceCompanySupportUltimateAssociationUltimate Goal Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.” GrowsCompanyInfrastructureRoyalty Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together.” RunningAbleTogetherAsksAbilityCompanyMissingEventsOughtOrganizationDataEnterpriseUnexpectedCeoConnectingUnexpected Events Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“I myself feel that it is very important that my ISP supplies internet to my house like the water company supplies water to my house. It supplies connectivity with no strings attached.” FeelsImportantHouseWaterCompanyInternetStringsSuppliesStrings AttachedNo Strings Attached Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.” ShouldLooksUseAbleChoicesCompanyInternetPicksIndependentDevicesApplication Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. We develop trust across the miles and distrust around the corner.” PeopleWorldHelpingTogetherScienceSocialGoalExistenceCompanyTechnologySupportSocietyEffectsCreationUltimateCornersMilesWorking TogetherCooperationAssociationToysDistrustUltimate GoalAround The CornerWorld Wide Web Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.” KnowsShouldDoneResponsibilityCompanyTechnologySecurityHavensIndustryRight NowHolesSoftwareMailClientsStraightforwardDoing RightBrowsersSoftware Company Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form of cancer that that's not going to get to my insurance company and I'm going to find my insurance premium is going to go up by 5% because they've figured I'm looking at those books.” IfsKnowsWantLooksBookWholeFormCompanyCancerLook UpInsurance CompaniesPremium Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“The Web took off in all its glory because it was a royalty-free infrastructure . . . 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 to end in the U.S.A. If we had a situation in which the U.S. had serious flaws in its Net Neutrality, and Europe did have Net Neutrality, and I were trying to start a company, then I would be very tempted to move.” PeopleIfsTryingEndsWould BeMovingAsksCompanySituationMillionsSeriousInternetGloryEuropeWorriedFlawsPermissionTemptedInfrastructureRoyaltyNeutralityNet Neutrality Author:Tim Berners-Lee
