4 ms·

The Web is 20 Years old Today

53 points by canistr 15y ago

guynamedloren 15y ago
Did anybody else catch the stab at TC parent company AOL? Classy.
- corin_ 15y ago
  Am I the only one that actually gets a bit annoyed by AOL digs on TC? (Not that I regularly read it, so perhaps this is fairly rare since the huge number that came straight after the acquisition.) They don't read as actual digs, they read as "by the way readers, you remember that we're not corporate whores right? well, just in case, here's an AOL joke that they said they didn't care about us making".
- thomasgerbe 15y ago
  Is that a big deal? I've laughed at plenty of jokes the Simpsons have thrown at Rupert Murdoch and FOX.
acak 15y ago
I have a suggestion. We have a lot of citations of Techcrunch articles (and for good reason). For events like these, however, could we look for better quality articles and submit those? (I know someone else could. But this is just so that we reduce the barrage of submissions.) Some of the other articles are: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/world-wide-web-20-years/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/world-wide-web-20-years... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/20-years-of-the-web/1330 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/20-years-of-the-web/133... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14430076 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14430076
- lachyg 15y ago
  I think the coverage on TNW is better than that of TechCrunch's: 20 years ago today, the World Wide Web opened to the public http://tnw.co/piYgdv http://tnw.co/piYgdv What will the Web be like in 20 years? http://tnw.co/r6jnd3 http://tnw.co/r6jnd3
SkyMarshal 15y ago
Favorite comment: "You're supposed to cover technology, for god's sake. Know the difference between the Web and the Internet." (Apparently the original title was 'The Internet is 20...')
linuxhansl 15y ago
I remember that! I was working at DEC at that time happily browsing internet news. When others started to use Web Browsers, I dismissed that all as "pretty pictures, the fad will go away". Guess I was wrong :)

53 points by canistr 15y ago

guynamedloren 15y ago

Did anybody else catch the stab at TC parent company AOL? Classy.

corin_ 15y ago
Am I the only one that actually gets a bit annoyed by AOL digs on TC? (Not that I regularly read it, so perhaps this is fairly rare since the huge number that came straight after the acquisition.) They don't read as actual digs, they read as "by the way readers, you remember that we're not corporate whores right? well, just in case, here's an AOL joke that they said they didn't care about us making".
thomasgerbe 15y ago
Is that a big deal? I've laughed at plenty of jokes the Simpsons have thrown at Rupert Murdoch and FOX.

acak 15y ago

I have a suggestion. We have a lot of citations of Techcrunch articles (and for good reason). For events like these, however, could we look for better quality articles and submit those? (I know someone else could. But this is just so that we reduce the barrage of submissions.) Some of the other articles are: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/world-wide-web-20-years/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/world-wide-web-20-years... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/20-years-of-the-web/1330 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/20-years-of-the-web/133... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14430076 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14430076

lachyg 15y ago
I think the coverage on TNW is better than that of TechCrunch's: 20 years ago today, the World Wide Web opened to the public http://tnw.co/piYgdv http://tnw.co/piYgdv What will the Web be like in 20 years? http://tnw.co/r6jnd3 http://tnw.co/r6jnd3

SkyMarshal 15y ago

Favorite comment: "You're supposed to cover technology, for god's sake. Know the difference between the Web and the Internet." (Apparently the original title was 'The Internet is 20...')

linuxhansl 15y ago

I remember that! I was working at DEC at that time happily browsing internet news. When others started to use Web Browsers, I dismissed that all as "pretty pictures, the fad will go away". Guess I was wrong :)