Edward
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Poor Alan, yes. A forgotten war hero, and for all too long a forgotten victim as well.
But for TBL the web wouldn't be what it is for two reasons: 1] it might not have existed, and 2] if it did, somebody else might have patented and charged, and it simply wouldn't exist in the way it does now.
(In fact, back in 2000, BT tried to claim an old patent of theirs meant they 'owned' hyperlinking, but fortunately sanity prevaled.)
But for TBL the web wouldn't be what it is for two reasons: 1] it might not have existed, and 2] if it did, somebody else might have patented and charged, and it simply wouldn't exist in the way it does now.
(In fact, back in 2000, BT tried to claim an old patent of theirs meant they 'owned' hyperlinking, but fortunately sanity prevaled.)