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

[Christopher Wilkinson]

I have always written Internet (n) and internet (a), and will continue  
to do so.

CW


On 20 May 2009, at 19:53, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:

> Bill, all,
>
> thanks for this very valuable perspective. Using capital letters for  
> Internet has long history (thus too the debate.)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_capitalization_conventions  
> provides a good summary and mentions the relevant RFCs, which is the  
> first place we - ISOCers - are obliged to look when in doubt.
>
> Yours,
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
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> On Wed, 20 May 2009, Bill Graham wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 13:23:29 -0400
>> From: Bill Graham <graham at isoc.org>
>> To: Franck Martin <franck at avonsys.com>
>> Cc: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org,
>>    ISOC-PH Members <isoc-ph-members at isoc.ph>,
>>    Charity Gamboa <charityg at diplomacy.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] [Isoc-ph-members]  The Future  
>> Internet
>> Here's my perspective on this issue:
>>
>> The ITU started using lower case for the Internet in the middle of  
>> the WSIS process, about 1994.  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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