1955 A physicist born in London is the founder of the World Wide Web. Nowadays, words such as WWW, HTTP, URL have become everyday expressions that people are used to. The World Wide Web is changing people's work, entertainment, exchange of ideas and social interaction, and affecting almost every field of people's lives. To some extent, the significance of the birth of the World Wide Web is no less than the far-reaching influence of inventions such as printing and telephone on human history.
Berners-Lee's invention changed the traditional mode of global informatization and brought a new era of information exchange. However, Berners-Lee did not apply for a patent for "WWW" and restricted its use, but opened it to the whole world free of charge, which opened a landmark chapter for the globalization and popularization of the Internet, and made the Internet enter thousands of households. In other words, for the popularity of the Internet, Berners-Lee gave up the sky-high wealth that he could have obtained, and further, he could have fought with Bill Gates on wealth.
Also in 1990, Microsoft perfected its own version of Apple Windows and Microsoft Windows 3.0. 1996 Microsoft "embraces Internet companies wholeheartedly". Today, Microsoft is the strongest provider of all kinds of web browsers in the world, and it is the first in the industry. There is no doubt that Bill Gates is a wealth-creating hero of this era. Unlike Berners-Lee, Bill Gates does not give up any business opportunities. People described him as a frog, staring at all the insects floating on the water, seizing the opportunity and starting quickly. This tech geek is a genius who appears at the right time and place. Gates may feel wronged. He can also donate money and share his wealth with others. Why does he always get into lawsuits and trouble? In fact, he should understand that his first satisfaction is himself. Wealth gave him endless hamburgers and beautiful flowers. It also allowed him to pay a huge sum of $8 billion when he was taken to court by his confidante.
The human heart is a steelyard. Today, the situation of Berners and Gates is different. Although Berners did not gain huge wealth, he was honored as "the father of the Internet". When people praised his contribution, they said, "Unlike all other inventions that promote human progress, this is purely the result of personal labor, and the World Wide Web belongs only to Berners Lee". In April 2004, the Finnish Science and Technology Award Foundation awarded him the Millennium Science and Technology Award, the largest science and technology award in the world.
Compared with Berners, Gates is extremely rich, but in Europe and America, people give him more trouble and are wary everywhere, which makes him exhausted. He doesn't even know how many inexplicable lawsuits are waiting for him in the years to come. Because people have a question about his wealth, does this guy pay too much money in our pockets?
In today's IT elite, Bill Gates may be replaced by others, but who can believe that someone has gone further than Berners?
The difference between Berners and Gates is the difference between scientists and businessmen in the field of life. This field is like pole vault. You must overcome more gravity if you want to jump high. In order to overcome the gravity of "ego" and "desire", we must roar and throw ourselves out at the extreme height, so as to get a height beyond mediocrity and several times higher than the secular self. In this sense, Gates played the high jump and Berners played the pole vault.