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The Need for the Internet (r)

(written by coldspring@iearn.org, 03/27/1996)

to: Alubuquerque
from: coldspring
subject: internet

To Matt Bower,
I read with interest the message you posted yesterday in
the governors' conference and would like to reply to what you
said.
I agree that the media has overplayed the quality and
value of the internet.  But, that is part of the reason that
it has been so successful.  Without the huge push to "get
connected" the internet would not be half as successful as it
is now and there wouldn't be nearly as many people worried
about appearing to be "out of it" because they don't know how
to "Surf the Net".  Companies are pouring money into web
pages so that they can be "hi-tech" - and sometimes this even
benefits these companies.  There is, of course, a lot of "bad
stuff" on the internet too.  I am tired of seeing everyone
make a page for no reason.  It has become really difficult to
find information in a short period of time due to the easy
ways of making web pages.  Everyone has one but I'm not sure
why.  This is not to say that the Web is useless - it is in
fact great in many respects, but the good stuff tends to get
lost amid the Web clutter, in my opinion.
What do you think about this, Matt?

Mike Romanelli
grade 11
New York