Knight of the 'Net
Mark Ovens
mark at ukug.uk.freebsd.org
Wed Dec 31 09:32:14 GMT 2003
Scott Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:22:09AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
>> Arise, Sir Tim
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/31/nhon831.xml
>
> According to the Grauniad, he invented more than just the web:
>
> "A knighthood also goes to Tim Berners-Lee, 48, the Oxford-educated
> physicist who wrote the first program for what later became the world wide
> web, or the internet."
>
And all this time I thought it was Al Gore who invented the Internet ;-)
> (from http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,1114236,00.html)
>
> Some well-deserved recognition, though.
>
> Scott
>
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