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...Eric M. Nelson's column will resume in the fall...
...idea of a global hypertext system had been championed since the 1960s by a visionary named Ted Nelson, who had pursued it as the "Xanadu" project. But Nelson wanted Xanadu to make a profit, and this vastly complicated the system, which never got off the ground. Berners-Lee, in contrast, persuaded CERN to let go of intellectual property to get the Web airborne. A no-frills browser was put in the public domain--downloadable to all comers, who could use it, love it, send it to friends and even improve...
...resignation was vague at best. Government information minister Kin-Kiey Mulumba said that Mobutu was giving up his presidential powers, transferring the symbolic title of head of state to the newly elected parliament speaker, Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo. "He reigns but does not govern," Mulumba said. Under a proposal from Nelson Mandela, Kabila would accept a peaceful transfer of power from Monsengwo or some other transitional figure. Whether the increasingly balky Kabila will accept, or take Kinshasa by force, is still uncertain...
...There is no reason for a popularly elected president to be moderating," said Eric M. Nelson '99. "It contradicts the point of her being popularly elected...
Meanwhile, Museveni delights in his new friendship with America, which long shunned him. "For the first time, Americans are working with African patriots," he says. "Before, the U.S. called us leftists. What did it mean? We were just fighting for independence." With Nelson Mandela's South Africa as an additional beacon, Museveni's highlands sphere is creating a new sense of possibility from the Nile to the Cape. The new leaders might yet evolve into oppressive Big Men themselves. But for now, a part of the world that once was known as the Dark Continent is hoping to find itself...