Paul Kunz, Co-inventor of the web, with Dewey Davis-Thompson

MEET PAUL KUNZ

In December, we had the chance to meet one of the true fathers of the world wide web, Paul Kunz, during his holiday visit to Florida. He spoke to us about the innate strength of open source code and protocols and why they will keep the internet strong and free. He also politely laughed at Dewey's joke about particle physics...

About Mr. Kunz, C-Net writes, "The commonly held image of the American Web pioneer is that of a twenty-something, bespectacled computer geek hunched over his Unix box in the wee hours of the morning, surrounded by the detritus of heavily caffeinated drinks and junk food while deep in pursuit of worldwide information domination and IPO riches.

"This country's actual Web pioneer, by contrast, had smaller things on his mind when he launched the first Web server and Web page on U.S. soil. Much smaller, in fact: electrons.

"It was at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) that particle physicist Paul Kunz wrote and posted the first American Web page."

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Did you know?
The Info Haus was Tampa's first cyber-cafe. Back in 1996 it was one of the only places to get an internet connection in all of Tampa Bay!