Like I said, the best resource for this is Tim Berners-Lee, the man who literally invented the WWW.
Although, I was in college when he did it, and I have a pretty clear memory of those early years. Before JavaScript; before Java; before https. You know, https, the thing that enables secure data transfer like credit card information? Which was introduced 11 years after http was released and being used?
No. I can’t say what all Tim foresaw, but ecommerce and monetization of the web was not at the forefront of his intentions. Just look at what he’s written about it himself. Or, email him; he’s still alive.
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Like I said, the best resource for this is Tim Berners-Lee, the man who literally invented the WWW.
Although, I was in college when he did it, and I have a pretty clear memory of those early years. Before JavaScript; before Java; before https. You know, https, the thing that enables secure data transfer like credit card information? Which was introduced 11 years after http was released and being used?
No. I can’t say what all Tim foresaw, but ecommerce and monetization of the web was not at the forefront of his intentions. Just look at what he’s written about it himself. Or, email him; he’s still alive.