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re banning ads. I expected Xanadu. Centralized, omniscient namespace, two-way links, micropayments, etc. We got The Web. Which eschewed all of that. Much as
by specialist 5y ago
re banning ads.
I expected Xanadu. Centralized, omniscient namespace, two-way links, micropayments, etc.
We got The Web. Which eschewed all of that.
Much as I hate The Web (repeating myself), I grudgingly accept that it probably succeeded because it wasn't Xanadu.
Even if Xanadu launched, like a better AOL or Prodigy, I suspect most people wouldn't have grokked it.
Another triumph of Worse Is Better. Like PHP and JavaScript and so many others. Then hot patch it towards something less offensive.