Five engineers that were essential to the creation of the internet as we know it have had their endeavors recognized by the first ever Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. The £1 million (roughly $1.51 million) prize was shared between Tim Berners-Lee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee>, the inventor of the world wide web; Marc Andreessen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen>, the co-author of Mosaic, the world's first true web browser; Bob Kahn<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kahn> and Vint Cerf <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_G._Cerf>, who developed the TCP and IP protocols that underpin the internet; and Louis Pouzin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pouzin>, whose research was a huge influence on Kahn and Cerf's work. source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/18/4118656/queen-elizabeth-prize-for-engineering-2013-winners-internet-pioneers Registered Linux user #545296
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