Not to terribly long ago I watched with interest from the sidelines of a conversation regarding words like Web and Internet and questioning when, and if, they should be capitalized. The general consensus was that they should always be capitalized. Treat them like proper names.
I have found that to be more than a wee bit silly for quite some time. Glad to see that times are changing and using these words in a normal, everyday fashion may not be frowned upon by the punctuation, grammar and capitalization police.
As if I ever really listened to any of them for any longer than required to receive passing grades in English Grammar 101.
Article from wired.com:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64596,00.html
Which I found via a comment in The Daily Report:
http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0804d.shtml#cap
My actual belief is that some [cough, cough] marketing guru came up with those caps. Not one of my college English professors from all those years ago. They had never heard of the internet anyway. [smile]
Farron ...errrr farron
[ _^..^_ is ignoring this silliness ]