Re: Foreseeing the Web, was Re: CONFESSIONS OF A CHEERFUL LIBERTARIAN By David Brin

From: Sunah Caroline Cherwin (slippery@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 20:26:34 MST


>And then there's all the people who got into computers because of Ted
>Nelson's Computer Lib/Dream Machines. I was trying to get the Xanadu
>insiders tuned into this weird "SGML" stuff back in '87.
>
>Of course, the later catchphrase from Ted is that the Web was what we
>were trying to _prevent_, and to some extent he's right--but that's
>another story. :)
>
oooh! and is that quote ... on the web?

(When I conceived excitedly asking for a cite, the irony escaped me ... but
it would be fun to read if extant.)

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