"One of the things I like about the computer that I use is that I can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet... obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation."

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Source: Tim Berners-Lee: demand your data from Google and Facebook. Interview with Ian Katz, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2012.

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Tim Berners-Lee

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Tim Berners-Lee is a computer scientist best known for inventing the World Wide Web, revolutionizing how we access and share information globally.

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