CERN Celebrates 20 Years of an Open Web (and Rebuilds 1st Web Page) 82
An anonymous reader writes "Twenty years ago CERN published a statement that made the World Wide Web ('W3,' or simply 'the web') technology available on a royalty-free basis. By making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish."
Reader Rambo Tribble adds that CERN "is recreating the very first web page to ever exist. Included in the effort are plans to use the original hardware, as well as software, that gave birth to our beloved WWW."
And this page will be (Score:4, Funny)
plans to use the original hardware, as well as software,
Next Project (Score:4, Funny)
The first porn site restored . . .
Surely, this is archived somewhere.
Al Gore.... (Score:3, Funny)
Worked at CERN?
I never would have guessed that.
Re:And this page will be (Score:5, Funny)
Are there actually any exploits available for NEXTstep on 68030?
I don't doubt that vulnerabilities exist; but that's a platform that, er, makes Amiga look like a contender...
Re:Experience of the first ever webpage (Score:4, Funny)
If you miss dancing hamsters, you need to improve your aim.
Re:timothy, QUIT IT, YOU FLAMING MORON (Score:5, Funny)
QUIT USING PARENTHESES EVERYWHERE. Did you fourth grade teacher instruct you on ANYTHING? ... From where did you graduate? Bovine University?
He probably graduated from MIT, the AI Lab.