WWWiz Issue #13 - September 1997, CyeberSpeak column
Copyright (C) 1997 Cye Waldman. All rights reserved.
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   To me the Internet principally means the World Wide Web, but to many
   it begins and ends with Usenet, which is known mostly for its
   newsgroups. If this is your thing, or if you are just interested in
   the history, status, and future of the Internet, then by all means you
   should read Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the
   Internet by Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben (IEEE Computer Society
   Press, $29). The authors cover in great detail the ideas and people
   that shaped the Internet of today and speculate on where it's headed
   in the next century. Throughout, the authors stress the importance of
   free or cheap access for everyone and how the Internet has impacted
   and will impact our very social fabric. I think it's important for us
   Netizens to be aware of the forces that are shaping our lives. This
   book is not a casual history of the Internet as you find in so many
   books. Rather, it is a thoroughly researched piece of work that
   chronicles one of the most important phenomena of the decade.