Robert Cailliau Quotes

When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.

We mustn't forget we chose the name 'WWW' before there was even one line of code written. We could do that because the Internet as an infrastructure was already there.

Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.

At one point, CERN was toying with patenting the World Wide Web.

If I sign up for Facebook and want my account destroyed, it is impossible. They keep tabs on you; there will always be a trace.

I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web to be controlled between authors and readers, not advertiser.

To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites.

If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.