[davidy123]

Englebart also substantially inspired Kay, but each of these people would probably have not had success without the network of ispirations. In fact I think we should talk about it like this; Bush->Englebart->Kay->Berners-Lee (superficially) rather than the individual on their own. It's also interesting that none of these people were at the head of big successful companies, though not surprising since that basically involves a lot of compromises.

[liveoneggs]

I agree entirely with you but had a hard time ignoring the "yeah but what have you done for me lately?" tone above

[davidy123]

Oh I'm with you. And I think (and hope) TBL isn't finished yet.