[Chapter-delegates] [Isoc-ph-members] The Future Internet

[Bill Graham]

oops!  I meant to say 2004, not 1994.  Please not correction below.

Bill

On 20-May-09, at 1:23 PM, Bill Graham wrote:

> Here's my perspective on this issue:
>
> The ITU started using lower case for the Internet in the middle of  
> the WSIS process, about /2004/.  Tim Kelly, who then headed the  
> Strategic Policy Unit @ ITU, said it was purely for stylistic  
> reasons, and based his argument on The Economist style guide <see: http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm?page=805682 
> >.  At about the same time, Wired magazine (or should that be wired  
> magazine?) announced that they had abandoned the upper case I  
> because the Internet had become ubiquitous, like an aspirin <see http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/08/64596 
> >.
>
> Many objected to Kelly's decision, including ISOC, the Canadian  
> government and the US government.  Our argument is quite succinctly  
> put here <http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/27/internet-vs-internet-and-web-vs-web-wisdom-from-bob-wyman-based-on-ietf-usage/ 
> >.  The ITU has steadfastly refused to change their tune.
>
> Bill
>
> On 19-May-09, at 8:49 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
>
>> My understanding is you capitalize when you speak of "The  
>> Internet", but you can keep it lower case when you talk about  
>> internet technologies, or an internet application, ...
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Baker" <fred at cisco.com>
>> To: "Charity Gamboa" <charityg at diplomacy.edu>
>> Cc: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org, "ISOC-PH Members" <isoc-ph-members at isoc.ph 
>> >
>> Sent: Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 12:38:16 PM GMT +12:00 New Zealand
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] [Isoc-ph-members]  The Future  
>> Internet
>>
>> Since "Internet" is a proper name, I capitalize it.
>>
>> On May 19, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Charity Gamboa wrote:
>>
>> Wyn: P.S.  trivium: the ITU insists on spelling "internet" with a  
>> small "i",
>> as if to indicate that it's just one of its (assumed) functions like
>> "post", "telegraph" and "telephone".  Which is why i always make it a
>> point to spell Internet with a capital "I". :)
>>
>> I have to admit ignorance in this case with regards to the use of  
>> the big "I" and small "i" in the word "I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T."  Although  
>> I am aware that it is the IETF who is directly responsible for  
>> Internet standards, should the IETF insist more on this than ITU?
>>
>> If I confuse spelling the Internet with a small "i" and a big "I,"  
>> does it make a whole lot of difference of my understanding of the  
>> INTERNET? I have seen and read in the past how some people write  
>> the word with either a small "I" or a big "I."  I thought it was  
>> just some typo.  If people confuse themselves in the use of  the  
>> big and small "I," maybe it's the same way people use "Xerox" to  
>> pertain to a photocopying ("Let's xerox the notes."); or "Kleenex"  
>> to pertain to "tissue;" or "Coke" to a cola or "band-aid"  
>> pertaining to bandage. Perhaps we may be also "genericizing" the  
>> words "Internet" and "internet."
>>
>>
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