@robinadams @book @impactology I mean, the Web is a basic and not particularly novel hypermedia system, so this isn't surprising. The client-agnostic data bus, since effectively wiped out by the Web Platform; and embracing as inevitable, rather than trying so hard to avoid, broken links were it's main distinguishing features IIRC.

It was successful because it was free and open and just bad enough, much like Linux.