The First Ever Proposal For The Internet Was Judged ‘Vague But Exciting’

The First Ever Proposal For The Internet Was Judged ‘Vague But Exciting’


Great ideas aren’t always recognised as such at first. But when Tim Berners-Lee submitted to his boss the first proposal for what would become the internet, everyone knew that something special was in the making.

Berners-Lee submitted the document to his boss at CERN, Mike Sendall, in the March of 1989. A hard copy of it still exists, and on the front page, Sendall has scrawled the words:

“Vague but exciting…”

Which, in many ways, is how the internet remains today. You can read a full copy of Berners-Lee’s original proposal here. [CERN via TechDirt]


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