On November 12, 1990, Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau presented a formal proposal for a hypertext project that would implement the WorldWideWeb.
The current incompatibilities of the platforms and tools make it impossible to access existing information through a common interface, leading to waste of time, frustration and obsolete answers to simple data lookup. There is a potential large benefit from the integration of a variety of systems in a way which allows a user to follow links pointing from one piece of information to another one."Potential large benefit." That about sums it up. Thanks, guys.