It was on this day 36 years ago when @timbl submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web.

"In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.

[...]

His boss’s response?

“Vague, but exciting.”"

vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30t…

#OTD #OnThisDay #internet #TheWeb #history #VagueButExciting

The World Wide Web — not the internet — turns 30 years old

The World Wide Web was conceived on March 12, 1989, by computing legend Tim Berners-Lee.

^{Aja Romano (Vox)}