To get where ur goin' u gotta kno where u've been. .. .

In an analysis of the current trends found in Web 2.0, it is important to review it’s position in the context of the historical evolution of the Internet. By doing this, it makes the task of understanding how it came into being, the pioneering vision and objectives behind its development and its possible directions in the future much more definite. For this reason a timeline that tracks these events is presented here.