http://cpedia.com/search?q=william+s+burroughs

Had they positioned this as an art project applying the cut-up technique to the Web as a whole, it would be seen as a real success.

cpedia itself speaks:

"Along with JG Ballard, Angela Carter and Anna Kavan, William S. Burroughs has probably done more to influence my writing, my reading, and my appreciation of literature than any other writer."

(No attribution in article. I like to think of this as the software's own appreciation showing through.)