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There is no hypocrisy. Tim said that DRM is a reality and that it should be standardized. Some people did not like that. We owe Tim a great debt of gratitude fo

by mk99 7y ago

There is no hypocrisy. Tim said that DRM is a reality and that it should be standardized. Some people did not like that. We owe Tim a great debt of gratitude for inventing the web and bypassing any opportunities available to him to patent his invention so that the technology would be freely available. The OP should show him some respect.

rambojazz 7y ago
I really don't understand people fascination with idolization. There is no such thing as "one person alone invented this great technology".
- unforeseen9991 7y ago
  Exactly. Especially someone suggesting we "owe" him something. I don't own that old fucking fossil anything, if anything we could say he's responsible for this fucking mess to begin with.
  - Angostura 7y ago
    Its the man who designed the original protocols with expressed purpose of allowing anyone to have the ability to publishing information and link it in an open, democratic way. He also too extreme pains to make sure the work was open, unencumbered by patents etc and widely available. You fact you;ve just types what you have means you absolutely do owe the fucking fossil something, you ingrate.
    - GhettoMaestro 7y ago
      > You fact you;ve just types what you have means you absolutely do owe the fucking fossil something, you ingrate. Error: Circular logic detected. Also, possible hints of idol-worship and lack of objectivity detected. Just because someone was "first" to something doesn't mean we must worship them. Humans are fallible. Tim is also human. To think he is some kind of god is just asinine logic.
  - dang 7y ago
    Personal attacks and name-calling aren't allowed here, and we ban accounts that post like this. You may not owe Tim better, but you definitely owe this community better if you want to post here. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the spirit of the site more to heart? We'd be grateful.
- alecbenzer 7y ago
  Yeah, I don't have any informed opinions on Tim's role in DRM or related things, but the idolization surrounding him always left a bad taste in my mouth.
mk99 7y ago
No idolization of Mr. Berners-Lee here. But certainly some respect. I think it's the dream of many engineers to product someone that many people use. Tim invented three protocols that many people frequently use: HTTP, HTML, and URI/URL. He wnt out of his way to make sure these technologies were not encumbered by patents and made the specs and prototype code freely available, with no profit going to himself. Do you not think this is deserving of some respect? He doesn't deserve the OP's personal attacks.

by mk99 7y ago

rambojazz 7y ago

I really don't understand people fascination with idolization. There is no such thing as "one person alone invented this great technology".

unforeseen9991 7y ago
Exactly. Especially someone suggesting we "owe" him something. I don't own that old fucking fossil anything, if anything we could say he's responsible for this fucking mess to begin with.
- Angostura 7y ago
  Its the man who designed the original protocols with expressed purpose of allowing anyone to have the ability to publishing information and link it in an open, democratic way. He also too extreme pains to make sure the work was open, unencumbered by patents etc and widely available. You fact you;ve just types what you have means you absolutely do owe the fucking fossil something, you ingrate.
  - GhettoMaestro 7y ago
    > You fact you;ve just types what you have means you absolutely do owe the fucking fossil something, you ingrate. Error: Circular logic detected. Also, possible hints of idol-worship and lack of objectivity detected. Just because someone was "first" to something doesn't mean we must worship them. Humans are fallible. Tim is also human. To think he is some kind of god is just asinine logic.
- dang 7y ago
  Personal attacks and name-calling aren't allowed here, and we ban accounts that post like this. You may not owe Tim better, but you definitely owe this community better if you want to post here. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the spirit of the site more to heart? We'd be grateful.
alecbenzer 7y ago
Yeah, I don't have any informed opinions on Tim's role in DRM or related things, but the idolization surrounding him always left a bad taste in my mouth.

mk99 7y ago

No idolization of Mr. Berners-Lee here. But certainly some respect. I think it's the dream of many engineers to product someone that many people use. Tim invented three protocols that many people frequently use: HTTP, HTML, and URI/URL. He wnt out of his way to make sure these technologies were not encumbered by patents and made the specs and prototype code freely available, with no profit going to himself. Do you not think this is deserving of some respect? He doesn't deserve the OP's personal attacks.