[dayglored]

> They used NeXTStep to develop the World Wide Web.

Tim Berners-Lee at CERN did these outstanding things:

1. He invented the World Wide Web on a Unix-based computer (NeXT) at CERN
2. He married the WWW (an information network) with the Internet (a computer network)
3. He invented the URL for addressing things on the WWW
4. He invented the HTTP protocol for transmitting WWW information
5. He invented the HTML language for writing web pages
6. HE MADE THEM ALL FREE, so that all could use them to better mankind
7. HE NEVER PATENTED HIS INVENTIONS, so that all could use them to better mankind

Awesome vision.

CERN has one heck of a history.

Marc Andreessen at NCSA-UIUC (Univ. of Illinois) invented the first useful web browser (Mosaic). He started Netscape.

Microsoft set out to destroy Netscape, and succeeded. The Browser Wars were a low point in Microsoft's descent into evil business practices.

There's more than a little karma in CERN finally telling Microsoft to kiss off.

[Falconspeed]

“Tim Berners-Lee at CERN did these outstanding things.”

True. Sir Berners Lee is a humble super star. I once walked by his office in Marina Del Rey, saw the closed door and paused for a moment of silence. When asked about the WWW, Sir BL smiled and said something like, Yeah, it was cool at the time: world wide web. Sorry for not making it shorter to type.