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''And if there ever was a thing that was made by committee, the Internet — with its protocols and packet switching — is it. But the World Wide Web is Berners-Lee's alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free.'' [http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/bernerslee.html]
''And if there ever was a thing that was made by committee, the Internet — with its protocols and packet switching — is it. But the World Wide Web is Berners-Lee's alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free.'' [http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/bernerslee.html]
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==Honors==
On March 18 2013, Berners-Lee, along with Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn, Louis Pouzin and Marc Andreesen, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for "ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity."
In 2014, Berners-Lee received a $500,000 prize for being honored with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation Knowledge Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/nationgeneral/2014/December/nationgeneral_December56.xml§ion=nationgeneral|title=Web inventor, Wiki co-founder share $1m Knowledge Award|work=Khaleej Times|first=Muaz |last=Shabandri|date=8 December 2014
|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref>
== External links ==
== External links ==