Tim Berners-Lee, de uitvinder van het world wide web, is in het Verenigd Koninkrijk geridderd. De huidige directeur van W3C ontving de onderscheiding van “Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire” vanwege zijn “services to the global development of the Internet”.
“I am humbled by this great honor,” reageerde Sir Berners-Lee. “The Web came about through an ongoing collaboration with my fellow inventors and developers worldwide. Everyone in the Internet community should be recognized by this honor. The Web must remain a universal medium, open to all and not biasing the information it conveys. As the technology becomes ever more powerful and available, using more kinds of devices, I hope we learn how to use it as a medium for working together, and resolving misunderstandings on every scale.”
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