I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device.

If HTML and the Web made all the online documents look like one huge book, [the Semantic Web] will make all the data in the world look like one huge database.

Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together.

The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?