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It took Englebert over a decade to build the mouse and when he was done and gave a demo Xerox hired his lab. The barrier to the web was a global network and an
by detourdog 4y ago
It took Englebert over a decade to build the mouse and when he was done and gave a demo Xerox hired his lab.
The barrier to the web was a global network and an IP address for each node. When the network was sufficient size and people had access to ip addresses the web happened. Before that we all just used the internet.
- simonh 4y agoI'm not trash talking Englebart, in any way, I'm just saying the minimalist web approach was not at all obvious. To many, many pioneers there were a lot of sophisticated features they though would be absolutely essential to any pervasive hypertext system, that turned out not to be.
- detourdog 4y agoI wasn't sure. I thought it might be eye opening tidbit considering how many more years went into the development to make it commercial product. I can't remember if it was 14 or 17 years of development of Engelbart. Another big hero of mine from that era that helped invent the internet and regret the result was Wesley A. Clark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_A._Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_A._Clark