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Tim Berners-Lee Advocates Collaboration in Web's Origins

9/30/2025

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Tim Berners-Lee emphasizes collaboration, not gain, in creating the World Wide Web at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The internet's origins trace to the late 1960s, developed by Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn at the United States Department of Defense.
Berners-Lee joined CERN in 1980, where he faced data-management challenges that led to the World Wide Web.

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Tim Berners-Lee emphasizes collaboration, not gain, in creating the World Wide Web at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The internet's origins trace to the late 1960s, developed by Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn at the United States Department of Defense.
Berners-Lee joined CERN in 1980, where he faced data-management challenges that led to the World Wide Web.