Internet Hall of Fame 2013 (Page 4 of 5)

Teus Hagen’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Teus Hagen

I was just in charge. I was just direct­ing things. But all those peo­ple with me, and all those peo­ple with you, we have to thank them all for doing this.

Werner Zorn’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Werner Zorn

For me it is a fairy tale quite sim­i­lar to that of the ugly duck­ling. Perhaps you know. And from the ugly duck­ling we can learn if you are in such a mis­er­able sit­u­a­tion what to do. And what did the lit­tle ugly duck­ling [do]? It went into the world and look for birds of the same feather.

Ida Holz’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Ida Holz

For devel­op­ing coun­tries like ours, the Internet is a means of col­lab­o­rat­ing and access to knowl­edge all around the world alike.

John Perry Barlow’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by John Perry Barlow

I’m very deeply hon­ored, sur­prised, and grat­i­fied. I am a mem­ber of anoth­er hall of fame, which is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and let me tell you there’s a lot more nar­cis­sism involved.

Kanchana Kanchanasut’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Kanchana Kanchanasut

The most dif­fi­cult thing was in order to get involved in this type of activ­i­ty, we need­ed to get finance. We need­ed to get fund­ing. And for us, it was very dif­fi­cult because our gov­ern­ment would not under­stand what we want­ed to do.

Kees Neggers’ Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Kees Neggers

It’s of course obvi­ous that the Internet is a huge suc­cess. And it’s impos­si­ble to imag­ine a world with­out it any­more. At the same time, I think the cur­rent Internet is not future-proof anymore.

Nii Quaynor’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Nii Quaynor

I know this hon­or is not for me alone but also for the bil­lions who still do not have the ben­e­fit of the Internet. But I accept it and thank every­one on their behalf as well.

George Sadowsky’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by George Sadowsky

After two weeks we were nowhere. And it drove home to me the con­cept of infor­ma­tion pover­ty in a way that no oth­er expe­ri­ence had.

Gihan Dias’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Gihan Dias

In 2002, I took up anoth­er chal­lenge. That is, how we make these com­put­ers avail­able for peo­ple who do not speak English?

Glenn Ricart’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech

presented by Glenn Ricart

The first Internet exchange with­out a gate­way in the mid­dle appears to have been in College Park, begin­ning in about 1986, and I was for­tu­nate enough to be at the right place at the right time.