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Re: UN Panel Aims to End Internet Tug of War by July

  • From: Joel Jaeggli
  • Date: Mon Feb 21 21:18:53 2005
When I hear Robert Mugabe talk about internet governance I don't really get the impression that he has the interests of the people of Zimbabwe at heart.

joelja

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Dave Crocker wrote:

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:45:12 -0500, Scott W Brim wrote:

�>� I'm intrigued at the failure to distinguish between the web and
�>
�>� email, given that spam is a messaging phenomenon, not a publishing
�>� phenomenon.
�>
� It's actually a failure to distinguish the web from the Internet

i was probably too cryptic.  yes, they are using the term 'web' to mean 'the internet'.

the problem is that professional writing needs to be careful, and a failure at such a basic level as using web to apply to email does not bode well for the utility of the article...


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