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There will always be a large number of information management systems - we get a lot of added usefulness from being able to crosslink them. However, we will lose out if we try to constrain them, as we will exclude systems and hamper the evolution of hypertext in general.

— Tim Berners-Lee

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When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission.

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In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing else.

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