{"id":73169,"date":"2014-11-18T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T20:27:16","slug":"www-is-25-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/www-is-25-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"WWW is 25 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2014\/03\/12\/happy-25th-birthday-to-the-world-wide-web-inventor-wants-to-keep-it-free-and-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-106724\" title=\"WWW is 25 Years Old\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/25bdaycake-e1569800900927.jpg?resize=101%2C73&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WWW is 25 Years Old\" width=\"101\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/25bdaycake-e1569800900927.jpg?w=489&amp;ssl=1 489w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/25bdaycake-e1569800900927.jpg?resize=75%2C54&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/25bdaycake-e1569800900927.jpg?resize=150%2C109&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"World Wide Web\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=46.2325,6.045&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=46.2325,6.045 (World%20Wide%20Web)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\"><strong>world wide web<\/strong><\/a><strong> (WWW) turned <a title=\"25 years old\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210509153456\/https:\/\/www.webat25.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25 this year<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 The 1989 proposal from <a title=\"Tim Berners-Lee\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/timberners_lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener twitter noreferrer\"><strong>Sir Tim Berners-Lee<\/strong><\/a> for an \u201c<a title=\"Information management\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">information management<\/a>\u201d system became the foundation for the World Wide Web. Professor Berners-Lee&#8217;s proposal has grown to a worldwide <a title=\"Internet Users\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230221200321\/https:\/\/www.internetlivestats.com\/internet-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phenomenon<\/a>\u00a0 In honor of the milestone, <a title=\"Business Insider\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a> provided some <a title=\"How The Internet Has Grown In The Last 25 Years\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140419194927\/http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com:80\/how-the-internet-has-grown-in-the-last-25-years-2014-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">insight<\/a> into how the Internet has grown through the years. <a title=\"Statista\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statista\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">Statista<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">made this chart<\/a>\u00a0for them using <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140708092829\/http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2014\/02\/27\/summary-of-findings-3\/\">data from Pew<\/a>. And <a title=\"This Was the Very First Website in the US\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200908012920\/https:\/\/www.gizmodo.co.uk\/2014\/11\/this-was-the-very-first-website-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> is the first U.S. website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140419194927\/http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com:80\/how-the-internet-has-grown-in-the-last-25-years-2014-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106726\" title=\"Rapid Rise of the Internet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rapid Rise of the Internet\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?resize=75%2C56&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_03_13_internet.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0rb-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Despite <a title=\"Republican Opposition to Net Neutrality\" href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2014\/11\/republican-opposition-to-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">republican<\/a> <a title=\"Ted Cruz Doubles Down On Misunderstanding The Internet &amp; Net Neutrality, As Republican Engineers Call Him Out For Ignorance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/blog\/netneutrality\/articles\/20141115\/07454429157\/ted-cruz-doubles-down-misunderstanding-internet-net-neutrality-as-republican-engineers-call-him-out-ignorance.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">political<\/a> <a title=\"The hypocrisy of Republican opposition to net neutrality\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201112015319\/https:\/\/pando.com\/2014\/11\/10\/the-hypocrisy-of-republican-opposition-to-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posturing<\/a> and <a title=\"Net Neutrality Isn't Doom For The Cable Companies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/net-neutrality-not-a-threat-to-cable-company-profits-2014-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corporate<\/a> <a title=\"Opposition to net-neutrality protections shows network owners' hypocrisy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/20141116_Opposition_to_net-neutrality_protections_shows_network_owners__hypocrisy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greed<\/a>, the <a title=\"intertubes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=intertubes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intertubes<\/a> is 25 years old. It needs our <a title=\"We're in the battle for the net. \" href=\"https:\/\/www.battleforthenet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">help<\/a> to keep the internet open for the next 25 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200908012920\/https:\/\/www.gizmodo.co.uk\/2014\/11\/this-was-the-very-first-website-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Was the Very First Website in the US<\/a> (gizmodo.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite republican political posturing &#038; corporate greed the WWW is 25 years old &#038; needs our help to keep it open for the next 25 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2292,461,1004,77,2306,15,2304,2307,2305],"class_list":["post-73169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","tag-2292","tag-barack-obama","tag-cern","tag-internet","tag-net-neutrality","tag-networking","tag-tim-berners-lee","tag-web-server","tag-world-wide-web"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73169"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131622,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73169\/revisions\/131622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}