No conflict here. Berners-Lee is being credited with inventing the WWW, not the Internet. Two completely different things, as entangled as they might be with each other. And, Gore's role in the development of the Internet is one of the few things I give him credit (and gratitude) for.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doug Fuerst Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: At last some real achiever being recognized by the monarch Everyone know that Al Gore invented the Internet. When is he being knighted, and do they have a spot in the UK for him to live? At 01:40 PM 1/2/2004 -0800, you wrote: >A news item from Computerworld: > >W3C Head Berners-Lee To Be Knighted > >He will be named a knight commander, Order of the British Empire, by >Queen Elizabeth II for inventing the World Wide Web. > >http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,88727,00.html?nlid=PM > > >Perhaps Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds next? Let us hope that some >real achievers are knighted! Doug Fuerst Consultant BK Associates Brooklyn, NY (718) 921-2620 (Office) (718) 921-0952 (Fax) (917) 572-7364 (Cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
