[Yr7-10it] web 1 = windows 98 ?

[Bill Kerr]

left a comment on your blog, Rob

btw web2.0 was initially conceived as an O'Reilly marketting slogan - they
applied for a trademark and told a non profit organisation they couldn't use
the term at their conference
http://www.tomrafteryit.net/oreilly-trademarks-web-20-and-sets-lawyers-on-itcork/

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Bill Kerr
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Costello, Rob R <
Costello.Rob.R at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  Software versions are a clever way to make you feel that your current set
> up is out of date
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> Word 6 must be hopeless, given word 7,8,9 are out etc
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> Microsoft took it to a new levels by naming the product after the date
>  (office 98, 2000, 2003, 2007) etc – in built obsolesce - who wants to be 5
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> So maybe there is implicit marketing spin, in "web 2.0 "?
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>  I don't think people will jump onto web 3 and web 4 with the same
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> Related thoughts on the train with a couple of IT types I ran into
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> http://thinkingcurriculum.decenturl.com/web2bubble
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