as I recall, and given our record of not maintaining much standardization of anything, the discussion was along the lines of 'can we stop capitalizing it?, is there any reason to capitalize it?' to which there was consensus was 'yes' and 'no'. this debate was had in terms of the first annual, and in regards to I think it was I.R. 4.0 . In my mind, there is no 'debate' or even 'strong argument' . You can do whatever you want because at best internet is a set that demarcates too many things to be capitalized, there is no thing called 'the Internet' beyond linguistic convention, there are a set of standards, and technologies that are internet technologies, ie technologies that allow you to network and make internets amongst networks and to transfer data across networks, but... when we say 'the internet' we cannot be referring to any proper name, as there is literally no simple referent. To capitalize it is to capitalize, the 'Globe' instead of capitalizing the 'Earth'. There are many globes with many forms and there are many internets with many forms. On Mar 30, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Sue Cranmer wrote:
Hi Jeremy
In view of the strong arguments here to the contrary, do you have time to briefly outline why the assoc. decided to standardize on the small I, or point towards the relevant archive?
Thanks
Best wishes
Sue
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:41 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet" ?
the association standardized on small i, internet a while ago. On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:16 PM, M.B.Gaved wrote:
"Internet" or "internet"?
Maybe it's also got something to do with novelty - I am sure I've seen a shift from people referring to "E-mail" towards "e-mail" and now just plain "email". In the same way I think the shift has probably happened from "Internet" to "internet" as it's now seen as commonplace and not worth capitalising.
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