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Mashable’s 10 Founding Fathers of the Web

on July 5, 2010September 3, 2012By Marie K. Shanahan

Mashable created a list of the 10 Founding Fathers of the Internet

1. Tim Berners-Lee

2. Marc Andreessen

3. Brian Behlendorf

4. 5. 6. Rasmus Lerdorf, Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski

7. Brad Fitzpatrick

8. Brendan Eich

9. John Resig

10. Jonathan Gay

Here are some of others that could be included on an expanded list:

J.C.R. Licklider

Vannevar Bush

Jimmy Wales

Craig Newmark

Pete Cashmore

How about some founding mothers? That’s disappointing.

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