Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.
Tim Berners-LeeEverybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.
Tim Berners-LeeOne way to think about the magnitude of the changes to come is to think about how you went about your business before powerful Web search engines. You probably wouldn't have imagined that a world of answers would be available to you in under a second. The next set of advances will have an different effect, but similar in magnitude.
Tim Berners-LeeThe Semantic Web isn't inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It's just about the relationships between things.
Tim Berners-Lee