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Talk 2, Page 1
Brief History of the Web
- March 1989
- First project proposal circulated at CERN.
- November 1990
- Initial WorldWideWeb prototype developed on the NeXT
- March 1991
- Line mode browser (www) released to limited audience
- December 1991
- CERN computer newsletter announces W3 to the HEP world.
- September 1992
- Plenary session demonstration to the HEP community.
- February 1993
- NCSA release first alpha version of "Mosaic for X".
- March 1994
- NCSA employees form "Mosaic Communications Corp"
(now Netscape).
- May 1994
- First International WWW Conference, CERN, Geneva (400 spaces,
800 requests)
- July 1994
- MIT/CERN agreement to start W3 Organisation is announced
- October 1994
- Second International WWW Conference, Chicago (1000 spaces,
2000 requests)
- December 1994
- First W3 Consortium Meeting at M.I.T. in Cambridge (USA).
- August 1995
- W3C initiates PICS project for parental control on the Internet.
- December 1995
- Fourth International WWW Conference, Boston (2400 attendees)
- January 1996
- W3C initiates joint electronic payment initiative with CommerceNet.
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