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Joseph Turow, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania,
has riled up some people. In his upcoming book, The Wired
Homestead (MIT Press 2003), he takes the capital "I" out of
Internet. Turow feels that capitalization "implies product
branding and private ownership." He believes that because
most people use the Internet (or is it internet?) every day,
its status should be that of the telephone or television or
radio.
In their article, "The Next Small Thing? No, in a Word," in
the April 14, 2003 issue of Information Week, David Post and
Bradford C. Brown agree that "the global network, whatever
we call it, is part of the everyday world. But so are the
Milky Way, and the Sun, and the Pacific Ocean, and the Grand
Canyon." The authors don't think Internet should be lower
case. They feel by doing that we're saying that the
revolution is over, that the boom is over. In reality, it's
only just begun.
Reference
Information Week
The Next Small Thing? No, In A Word
David Post and Bradford C. Brown
April 14, 2003
www.informationweek.com
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