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.
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Werner Zorn’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech
presented by Werner Zorn
JCR Licklider’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech (Posthumous)
presented by JCR Licklider
He would say to you that you are all wrong and that he never should have been chosen to receive this award. He was a fairly humble guy and would sit here—and it’s been a recurring theme—he would begin naming the names of all the people who really did the work. And he would sort of just say, “I was there.”
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.
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.
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.
In 2002, I took up another challenge. That is, how we make these computers available for people who do not speak English?
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.
Haruhisa Ishida’s Internet Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Speech (Posthumous)
presented by Haruhisa Ishida
He was happy working with the people of computer science, and working for the Internet or computers. And this is all that I can say.