> It may be somewhat funny now, but someday we'll say this was ahead of its time. Things are usually only 'ahead of their time' if you ignore a lot of the impl

> It may be somewhat funny now, but someday we'll say this was ahead of its time. Things are usually only 'ahead of their time' if you ignore a lot of the implementation and operational details. For example, Vannevar Bush's famous Memex, always cited as the important precursor to hypertext, was flatly unworkable: A desk-sized machine built around microfilm? It makes as much sense to talk about Jules Verne as the father of manned spaceflight because he thought of firing men from cannons. My point is that being the first to an idea is rarely the important thing. Being first to a good, solid implementation is what counts.