CERN | 30 years of a free and open Web @CERN | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
30 years ago, on 30 April 1993, CERN made an important announcement. Walter Hoogland and Helmut Weber, respectively the Director of Research and Director of Administration at the time, decided to publicly release the tool that Tim Berners-Lee had first proposed in 1989 to allow scientists and institutes working on #CERN data all over the globe to share information accurately and quickly. Little did they know how much it would change the world.
CERN released the #WorldWideWeb to the public.
Watch an interview with Walter Hoogland, former CERN Director of Research and co-signatory of the document that released the World Wide Web into the public domain. Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/computing/30-years-free-and-open-web
30 years ago, on 30 April 1993, CERN made an important announcement. Walter Hoogland and Helmut Weber, respectively the Director of Research and Director of Administration at the time, decided to publicly release the tool that Tim Berners-Lee had first proposed in 1989 to allow scientists and institutes working on #CERN data all over the globe to share information accurately and quickly. Little did they know how much it would change the world.
CERN released the #WorldWideWeb to the public.
Watch an interview with Walter Hoogland, former CERN Director of Research and co-signatory of the document that released the World Wide Web into the public domain. Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/computing/30-years-free-and-open-web
