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Tim Berners-Lee, a renowned computer scientist, was born on June 8, 1955. He is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, which has had a profound impact on the development of the internet.

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“I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.”

People Thinking Social Issues Failing Communication Projects Machines Dues Social Systems Cultural Issues

Book:Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World

Source: Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World

“One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't.”

Social Issues Data Networking Social Networking

Author:Tim Berners-Lee

“Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on.”

Important Whole Faces Issues Source Intellectual Property Complexes Ownership Intellectual Property Open Source Cultural Issues

Book:Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World

Source: Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World

“On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable.”

People Thinking Issues Spread Formulas Cult Believable Personal Issues

Author:Tim Berners-Lee

“We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.”

People Technology Issues Media Picks Colour Balanced Grey

Book:Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World

Source: Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World

“There are converging web-related issues cropping up, like privacy and security, that we currently have no way of thinking about. Nobody has thought to look at how people and the web combine as a whole - until now.”

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Author:Tim Berners-Lee

About the Author

Born: June 8, 1955
Known for: Computer Scientist
Quotes: 124

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A Framework for Web ScienceRelated source material

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