Internet Hall of Fame

Posted on April 24, 2012 by brewster

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Brewster Kahle is honored to be inducted today into the newly formed Internet Hall of Fame administrated by the Internet Society.  As the Society that administers much of the Internet turns 20 years old, they have introduced this award at their annual meeting in Geneva.

“Brewster Kahle is the founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive in 1996. An entrepreneur and Internet pioneer, Brewster invented the first Internet publishing system and helped put newspapers and publishers online in the 1990′s.” –Official Biography of the Internet Society

The Internet Archive’s work, to help build a robust library system reinforcing the publishing systems of the Internet including the World Wide Web, is likely to have been a reason for this award.   As well, this is for Brewster’s earlier work on the first Internet publishing system and search engine, Wide Area Information Servers, in 1989.

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18 Responses to Internet Hall of Fame

  1. spacer Ashley Chassé says:
    April 24, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    A well-deserved honor. Thank you, Mr. Kahle, for all you do.

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  2. spacer Steve says:
    April 24, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    Is this picture licensed Creative Commons or Public Domain? Would like to use it on Wikipedia.

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    • spacer brewster says:
      April 24, 2012 at 4:49 pm

      public domain. The Internet Society had a pro photographer, so there will be better soon.

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      • spacer brewster says:
        April 24, 2012 at 5:22 pm

        I just replaced mine with the better conference one, but it is not PD. If anyone wants an inferior, but PD photo, please email me at brewster@archive.org

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  3. spacer beep* says:
    April 25, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Congratulations Mr. Kahle. A well deserved honor.
    But must we now refer to you as Sir Brewster? spacer

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  4. spacer Anonymous says:
    April 28, 2012 at 12:44 am

    Much appreciation and thanks to all involved in this project! I’m looking forward to seeing future inductees!

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  5. spacer Ken Craggs says:
    April 30, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Congratulations Mr. Kahle. The Internet Archive is a terrific and indispensable resource. The dedication and effort of all those involved in putting such an amazing collection together is greatly admired and appreciated. It is an incredible achievement!

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  6. spacer Mary Minow says:
    May 1, 2012 at 11:32 pm

    Congratulations! What a tremendous honor!

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  7. spacer ramlijohor says:
    May 11, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Congratulations and good

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  8. spacer Software & Technology Solutions says:
    May 28, 2012 at 8:42 am

    Congratulation its a big honor

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  9. spacer Jamie Calston says:
    June 3, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    This is the sort of idea that helped the internet become truly relevant for our daily lives, well done!

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  10. spacer George Edw. Seymour says:
    June 5, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    The concept and photo on this webpage are sound:
    Your Photo

    Yet, unlike you, I do not recognize many of these people. Seems to me that adding their names either below the picture or better as a mouse over would be helpful. The next step would be to provide links to their (or their wiki) webpages.

    Finally, there were many pioneers; Is Matthew Gray there? In 1999, a long long time ago in the digital era, I created this slideshow, and Matthew is on slide 11:
    Slide 11

    Best regards, George
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  11. spacer Leo Marcel says:
    June 6, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    I wonder when my website will be posted in the wall… Wishfull thinking? Let’s keep our fingers crossed. You never know…

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  13. spacer Lawrence Blumberg says:
    June 19, 2012 at 6:29 am

    Felizidades, Mr. Kahle. You and your teams’ efforts are greatly appreciated out here.

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  14. spacer عبدالقدوس خان طوفانى says:
    June 24, 2012 at 4:17 am

    اسلام عليكم
    عرب و عجم بهائيو

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  15. spacer Mike says:
    July 2, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    The photo would tell much more if there were also names of the famous people, but nice anyway.

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  16. spacer siddhadreams says:
    July 7, 2012 at 7:48 am

    Congrats Mr. Kahle!

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