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Subject:Re: Web vs. web? From:Lani Hardage <lhardage -at- RMTECH -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 1 Apr 1998 18:55:54 -0800
Well put for the Web and adjectives. But what is the difference between
Internet and internet? I believe there is only one; local "internets"
are actually intranets.
Jeanne DeVoto wrote:
> My rule of thumb: when it's a proper noun, use the capital (or the
> acronym
> WWW):...and when it's used as an adjective, omit the capitalization...
>
The words "Internet" and "internet" do not mean
> the same thing.
>
>
