Question #2 -Discuss 1 important event or person in the past 10 years of the internet

I wish I could name some of the people I expect to be responsible for wonders of the Internet. I picture them sitting in a garage, hyped on high test coffee trying to bring to life what we take for granted today. Amazon.com, Ebay, broadband. I guess the most important person I can think of is the creator of one of my favorite and most visited sites, Ebay. I imagine Pierre Omidyar was one of those guys programming and writing code for the auction website that we all admire today. Now not only is he extremely wealthy from all his efforts, he is a true humanitarian who gives back. He and his wife donated the single largest gift to their Alma matter, Tufts University to help fund students interested in being civic leaders.