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Thought some of you might find this of interest:


Wired, which through a series of cultural accidents in the
mid-1990s became the style arbiter of Internet language
use, admitted yesterday that "there is no earthly reason"
to capitalize "Internet," "Net" or "the Web." It announced
it will no longer do so. The capitalization of the words
grated on proponents and advertisers in the mid- and
late-1990s, as it lended a sense of desperation and
true-believer attitude to Powerpoint presentations.
Arbitrary capitalization of important concepts had been
relegated to 18th Century letter writers, the cadre of
insane veteran letters-to-the-editor authors, and -
until now - internet journalists. The internet, in case
readers had not yet inferred, is just another medium. Wired
apologizes.

http://marketingvox.com/rd/10247

Doug Green
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