Arise Sir Tim...

[JasonD]

Tim Berners Lee, the inventor of the WWW, today became Sir Tim.

Well done and well deserved because without his foresight and insistance on it being a free specification I can imagine most of us doing different things today.

Story here [news.google.co.uk]

[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 4:52 pm (utc) on July 18, 2004]
[edit reason] Darn side scrolling! [/edit]

[Leosghost]

Now it finally went to someone who deserved it ..they can scrap the system ...go out in style ..;)

[moneymancn]

Another British invention which has to be exploited by another country for it to work!
Make you own list and include sports such as soccer,rugby etc

MM

[john_k]

Three cheers for Sir Tim!

Another British invention which has to be exploited by another country for it to work!

ouch - that's going to leave a mark.

[JasonD]

The ability for it to be exploited, used, enjoyed or forgotten about was the whole reason for Sir T allowing it to be free (as in speech as well as in beer)

It's that freedom that allows us all to utilise (or not) it in whatever way we see fit. I see no exploitation by anyone or any country just a success story from an extremely talented individual that happens to be a Brit.

[Warren]

Make you own list and include sports such as soccer,rugby etc

You didn't mention the cricket however - must be just about time for another Ashes series.

[digitalv]

Now it finally went to someone who deserved it

Hey, you forgot about Alec Guiness! Obi Wan Kenobi, man! He totally deserved it. heh.

[RonPK]

Congrats, Sir Tim!

Nice picture at [w3.org...]

careful with that sword, ma'm

[Essex_boy]

Yep a real gentleman, Im not so sure I would have let this one go for free.

[sidyadav]

Hey, this happened ages ago!
[webmasterworld.com...]

Many here [google.com] also.

Sid

[Kirby]

>Hey, you forgot about Alec Guiness! Obi Wan Kenobi, man! He totally deserved it. heh.

And I thought they just made a mistake and gave it to him because of the beer.