That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon.

I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.

The nice thing about programming at the RDF level is that you can just say, I'll ask for all the books. You can ask for all the shelves. You can ask for a given shelf whether a book was on it. And you're not worrying so much about the underlying syntax.

If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services.

Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together.