No More Capitalization?

For as long as I can remember, I've made a conscious effort to capitalize the words "Internet" and "'Net" (as well as to make certain the leading apostrophe is there on 'Net). Now the copy editor of Wired News has declared that Wired will no longer be capitalizing the words internet, net or web.

This reflects the changing nature of the 'net, and I agree with the decision - I just never would have thought of it on my own. When you think about it, there is no longer any more reason to capitalize internet that there is to capitalize phone or newspaper. The net has become a staple of modern communication, and deserves to be recognized as such. Isn't it strange that by removing the emphasis on a word, we are actually recognizing how ubiquitous it has become?

Cool.