The man credited with inventing the World Wide Web is auctioning off the source code of WWW.
An interesting auction is taking place these days aimed at collectors and internet historians who would like to own one of the most valuable technological objects. This is the source code of the WWW.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Sir Tim Berners-Lee), the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web (as he is the creator of the first server and proletterof tourof the web), and which has created the WWW source code, is now auctioning it off. However, the bidder doesn't just get the source code. The winner will receive four separate historically significant goodies that can be considered a significant financial investment.
These are the:
1. Original file with dated and sealed files containing the source code, written between 3 October 1990 and 24 August 1991
2. Moving visualization of the code that it looks like when it was written (Video, black and white, silent), lasting 30 minutes 25 seconds.
3. A Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) representation of the complete code (A0 width 841mm by height 1189mm), created by Sir Tim from the original files using Python, with a graphic representation of his physical signature at the bottom right.
4. A letter written in the README.md file (in "markdown" format) by Sir Tim in June 2021, which reflects the code and the process of its creation.
If you want to see the details of the auction and if you are thinking of submitting your bid, you can do it on the Sotheby's website. The auction starts on June 23, 2021 and will last until June 30, 2021, which means that you have a few days to assemble a sturdy bead for this purpose.
