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'''Louis J. Montulli II''' (best known as '''Lou Montulli''') is a computer programmer who is well known for his work in producing [[web browser]]s. In 1991 and 1992, he co-authored a text web browser called [[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]], with Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac, while he was at the [[University of Kansas]].{{citation<ref>Grobe, needed|date=OctoberMichael. 2019}}(April 10, 1997) [https://web.archive.org/web/20230108194217/http://people.cc.ku.edu/~grobe/early-lynx.html ''An Early History of Lynx: Multidimensional Collaboration'']. Retrieved Jan. 8, 2023.</ref> This web browser was one of the first available and is still in use today.
 
==Career==
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In 2015, he joined [[JetInsight]] as co-founder and CTO.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
 
In 2022, he was recognized among Hidden Heroes for his significant technology contribution, including the [[HTTP cookie]] and [[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/lou-montulli |title=The Magic Cookie: How Lou Montulli Cured the Web's Amnesia |author=Steven Johnson |author-link=Steven Johnson (author) |publisher=[[Netguru]] | year=2022 | accessdate=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 
==Ongoing projects==
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==External links==
* [http://www.montulli.org/lou Lou Montulli's Personal Web Page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031220214905/http://dominopower.com/issues/issue200207/cookie001.html Where cookies come from - DominoPower Magazine.]
* [http://www.vlib.us/hnsourcehistory.html HNSource History] Montulli's first conversion to HTML page for WWW-VL
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[[Category:Netscape people]]
[[Category:University of Kansas alumni]]
[[Category:ComputerAmerican computer programmers]]