It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page.
Tim Berners-LeeIf I had taken a proprietary control of the Web, then it would never have taken off. People only committed their time to it because they knew it was open, shared: that they could help decide what would happen to it next.. and I wouldn't be raking off 10%!
Tim Berners-Lee