The purpose of computers is human freedom.

The purpose of computers is human freedom.

The World Wide Web is precisely what we were trying to PREVENT. We long ago foresaw the problems of one-way links, links that break (no guaranteed long-term publishing), no way to publish comments, no version management, no rights management.

So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the ideas wriggling, struggling to get free, like a cat trying to get out of your arms.

I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

How is MS-DOS like MSG? Both raise your blood pressure and give you a tightening sensation around your forehead.

The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.