Information Research Weblog

Interenet terminology can be a mite confusing - recently the idea of "Web 2.0" seems to have become in vogue, while "Internet2" has been around for some time. What's the difference? It seems that, simply, "Web 2.0" runs on Internet1, while "Internet2" is about a parallel Internet that can be restricted to scientific and research use. "Web 2.0" is all (or almost all) about e-commerce, which is the last thing on the mind of those developing "Internet2".