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.
Tim Berners-LeeIt was the academic community who wired up their universities so it was put together by smart, well-meaning people who thought it was a good idea.
Tim Berners-LeeI basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.
Tim Berners-LeeWhat's very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring.
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-Lee