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Monday, December 10, 2001
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/12/05/web_optimism/index.html?x Internet optimism lives! - At a conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first U.S. Web page, even the dot-com bust doesn't ruin the party. By Katharine Mieszkowski Dec. 5, 2001 | MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Silicon Valley's love for the Web didn't die with all those flamed-out dot-coms. It just went into hiding -- and can still be found in places where true geeks hang out. Case in point: a two-day symposium devoted to the "Once and Future Web" this week at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Conference sessions with names like "Using the Web to Benefit Humanity" were enough to make you think you'd hitched a ride on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine back to a time before anyone imagined the Internet as a vehicle for adding zeroes to their personal net worth....
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