The World Wide Web is on the cusp of making <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6074389.html?tag=zdnn.alert">its next big leap</A> to become an open environment for collaboration, and its inventor said he has not been so optimistic in years. Still, Tim Berners-Lee, the Briton who invented and then gave away the World Wide Web, warns that Internet crime and anti-competitive behavior must be fought tooth and nail.