Internet vs internet

"vinton g. cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET> Sat, 08 July 2000 05:40 UTC

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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 01:08:36 -0400
From: "vinton g. cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET>
Subject: Internet vs internet
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:16:47 -0700 
 >From: Jim_Stephenson-Dunn@3com.com 
 >Subject: Re: Defining "Internet" (or "internet") 
 >To: "vinton g. cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET> 
 >X-Lotus-FromDomain: 3COM 
 >Original-recipient: rfc822;vcerf@MCI.NET 
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 >Thanks for deciphering my blurb into something that makes sense. ( can you send 
 >this on to the IETF mailing list, so I don't recieve similar mails for the rest 
 >of the night correcting me ;-> ) 
 > 
 >Regards 
 > 
 >Jim 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >"vinton g. cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET> on 07/07/2000 08:26:07 PM 
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 >Sent by: "vinton g. cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET> 
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 >To: Jim Stephenson-Dunn/C/HQ/3Com 
 >cc: 
 >Subject: Re: Defining "Internet" (or "internet") 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >the capital I meant the public Internet - nothing to do with countries - 
 >just that this was the global, publicly accessible Internet. 
 > 
 >"internet" meant a private network that used IP technology. 
 > 
 >vint 
 > 
 >At 04:09 PM 7/7/2000 -0700, you wrote: 
 > >I always thought that Internet with capital "I" meant the Internet between 
 > >countries, whilst the internet with a lower case "i" is referred to by the 
 > >press as an intranet within a corporate structure. Both run IP but within 
 > >different environments. 
 > > 
 > >Just my 2 cents......... 
 > > 
 > >Jim 
 > > 
 > >

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