On April 30, 1993,
CERN, the European Nuclear Agency, published a document releasing all of
the software and coding necessary for everyone to use the World Wide
Web free of charge.
There was no fanfare
at the time and no news reports in the mainstream media, but it was the
watershed moment that set the Internet down its current course, making
sharing — not selling — the new normal. Without this document, there
wouldn't be Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or even this website.
As our lives are
increasingly immersed in the online world, it's easy to forget what
things were like before the web. It was the year that Slobodan
Milosovich was arrested, Nirvana released In Utero, first Kim
Campbell then Jean Chrétien became prime minister of Canada and the
Toronto Blue Jays won their second and last World Series ring.
To mark the anniversary, CERN has released the official documents and made its first website available again at its original URL.
Looking at it today is a real reminder of how far the web has come since its beginning.
To mark the anniversary, CERN has released the official documents and made its first website available again at its original URL.
Looking at it today is a real reminder of how far the web has come since its beginning.
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