The unquestionable advantages of the Internet. Why are we so interested in it?
There is no need (now) to explain at length to Internet users why that wonderful mysterious country — the Internet — is so attractive to all of us! But we must say something about that in Russia in 1995. To give (for example) a quotation from the famous book by Harly Han "Complete Reference Book on the Internet":
Internet is undoubtedly the greatest achievement in the history of mankind. It impresses more than the Egyptian pyramids. It is more beautiful than the works of Michelangelo, than the wonderful inventions of the epoch of the industrial revolution.
We think that is a very strong and bright statement. It speaks for itself.
The Vice President of the USA (in the middle of the nineties of the 20th century) devoted his articles and speeches to the Internet. Cafes opened in England, in which people worked on the Internet even while eating. All that speaks about one thing — the Internet is very, very needed by all of us. Why are we so interested in the Internet? In what are its unquestionable advantages? We are interested in the Internet (first of all) as a very cheap means of transmission of any information over any long distances (and almost instantly at that!).
The unquestionable advantages of the Internet — it is mail in your home practically! That mail attends only you. It attends without any queue, without any quibbles that you sealed the envelope irregularly. Or you did not seal those stamps… Yes, we could only dream of that 15 years ago. And now? The dream became our life now. It entered our houses. Luminous screens of computers make both children and their parents happy.
You may learn a foreign language via the Internet. It is possible to have instantaneous correspondence with foreigners via the Internet. You learn the language and exchange information at the same time by that. It is possible to know the very fresh political news via the Internet. And (what is very important) the very ordinary man can know this news (not only members of the Government). It is possible to quickly receive any geographical, everyday, and other information about that region which is interesting to you. We (the same) received information about the Krasnodar region and about the situation in Abkhazia via the Internet, when we were still in Novosibirsk, but already wanted to move to Kuban.
In general, the Internet is very unique. The future is for the Internet. And that man, who did not come to the Internet now (for some reasons) will come to it in a short time undoubtedly. And exactly by that we want to give to all who work on the Internet that weapon which helps to overcome definite negative consequences which arise after long sitting before a luminous screen.