It's okay; I'm a native English speaker and I had trouble following much of Berners-Lee's grammar and writing style. He should consider editing the piece.
I have no idea what "and points west" means in this context.
Yeah... His English is extremely hard to decipher (Native Brit here). I thought that the man that invented World Wide Web would write more eloquently...
I have no idea what "and points west" means in this context.