US squelched B-TRON OS and processor chip

[ravi]

Charles Jannuzi wrote:
> 
> I would argue that if you take in enough of the breadth and depth of this
> man's vision and accomplishments, you would see that he is easily on the
> same level as Tim Berners-Lee.

 >

i am curious: what do you think is the breadth and depth of 
berners-lee's vision and accomplishments? i ask because i applaud the 
man for initiating the web but i do not see much reason to credit him 
for its raging success (if at all such individual credit is due, a fair 
share has to go to the mosaic team at ncsa since the GUI is what i 
believe helped the web succeed over more sophisticated contemporary 
technologies such as gopher) and it is difficult to think of the 
original html spec and the http protocol as a great technical 
accomplishment. i am not trying to "diss" the poor man... i think my 
view might be jaundiced by my narrowly technical blinders. hence my 
curiosity about yours...

	--ravi