That Time Berners-Lee Got Knocked Down to a Poster Session

In 1991, Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web paper was rejected for a conference and relegated to a poster session due to low belief in the concept. Recently, a video surfaced showing Mark Frisse, who rejected the paper, apologizing to Berners-Lee. Frisse explains he couldn't envision users simply backing up when encountering broken links, viewing the web as a "spaghetti bowl of gotos." This incident highlights how focusing too much on eliminating messiness can lead to missing innovative approaches. It also relates to concerns about finding the best versions of pages in federated wikis, emphasizing that users often just need "good enough" information.