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The CERN effect
An opinion article from Sijbrand de Jong, President of CERN Council, on using innovation and knowledge so cutting-edge research can benefit society
Internet prehistory at CERN
Connecting CERN to the internet was a chaotic but essential task, says retired CERN computer scientist Ben Segal
Minimising the muddle
Peggie Rimmer was Tim Berners-Lee’s hierarchical "leader" in CERN’s Data and Documents division when he invented the World Wide Web
Good old Bitnet, and the rise of the World Wide Web
Senior physicist Richard Jacobsson remembers the early days of the World Wide Web at CERN
On the open internet and the free web
David Foster on our responsibility as individuals to preserve an open internet and a free web for the benefit of humankind
Not at all vague and much more than exciting
CERN computer scientist Maria Dimou on Tim Berners-Lee's vision for a free, open World Wide Web
Why bring back the line-mode browser?
A team of web developers are working to build a simulator of one of the earliest web browsers, the line-mode browser
How the internet came to CERN
François Flückiger on his being inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame, and the story of how the internet came to CERN
Twenty years of a free and open www
Robert Cailliau on the birth of the web, early brainstorming sessions and "how to spread this thing"
The open internet and the web
Vinton G Cerf, one of the "Fathers of the internet", on the architecture, connectivity and openness of the web