Seems to have worked out for him all the countless other times. For examples see Apple Computer, Pixar, NeXt...<p>Berners Lee himself writes about the possibility decades later. Decades later! The inventor of the web browser! Remembering and writing about something that almost happened... but didn&#x27;t. He&#x27;s clearly given some thought to the matter.<p>It&#x27;s not like you remembering the time a co-worker ate vanilla ice cream at lunch time last week. This is Tim Berners Lee reminiscing about an opportunity to show Steve Jobs his wares.