Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/13/70 11:44

Richard wrote:
> Hey Neil, Karl, Mark & Jonathan,
>
> You guys all seem to agree that I'm wrong in praising the Web for
> providing the services I rely on in dealing with the myriad problems I
> encounter in software development.
>
> But according to the Wikipedia that one of you cited: "The World Wide
> Web ("WWW" or simply the "'Web") is a global information space which
> people can read-from and write-to via a large number of different
> Internet-connected devices."
>
> The key deal is: The Web is a global space we can read/write to/from
> that is materialized on the Internet, the large number of
> interconnected devices.
>
> So, I assert that it is the Web that provides the services I'm thankful
> to access to; Of course, I appreciate the 'Net that faciltates the
> Web, but my focus is on the Web.
>
> Do you guys think I still suffer a misconception?

Just imprecise in your perception. Usenet predates the Web. Yes uses the
same hardware, the Internet, but is a different service than the WWW aka
Web. Even from your Wiki link a little farther along it stakes:

....The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet
itself, but the Web is actually a service that operates over the
Internet, just like e-mail...

Notice the article separates email from the web as a separate service
over the Internet. Well Usenet is another service as well not a subset
of the Web see Usenet in the Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
Usenet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Take care,

Jonathan
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