Things would happen much the same since we wouldn't have the experience we have today if the www hadn't already been created. If we had to recreate it however,

Things would happen much the same since we wouldn't have the experience we have today if the www hadn't already been created. If we had to recreate it however, we'd probably try for standards from the begining. We'd probably have a half dozen completing standards trying to replace http, html, & etc since we wouldn't be limited by the choices of the past. Hopefully the best standard would win out, but more likely the most popular standard would (ex: php). We would likely end up with a better/stronger/robuster web then we have today, but only after twenty years of squabbling. Twenty years from today, as we're already going we'll probably have those things anyways (ie wasm).