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0 pointsuggedal16y ago0 comments

It was coined by a dude trying to sell more conference tickets.

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fallentimes16y ago· 2 in thread

The guy sells books and conference tickets :).

uggedalOP16y ago

"Web 2.0" was coined when it was given as a name to a conference.

Yeah but the whole O'Reilly empire sells books, conferences, webinars, etc. all bearing the Web 2.0 scarlet letter:

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