IP: the internet and culture (japan)

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I found this an interesting also. The comment re group work also says
something about the relative lack of focus on real modern groupware on the
net.


Dave -- the "grandfather of the japanese internet: said by June Muri who
was certainly the first father of the Japanese internet


To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber)
From: Jean Armour Polly <polly () well com>




http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/970309/entertainment/stories/online_pluggedin
_1.html


interesting article about the net in Japan and how Japanese work in groups,
so solitary surfing may not be a good fit- also that one of the "fathers of
the Net in Japan" says:
"Internet is not just a communications tool; it is also used to access
culture. If Internet destroys culture it is not good for me," he said.


"TOKYO (Reuter) - He could be called one of the fathers of the Internet in
Japan but Koichi Suzuki isn't sure whether the new communications tool is a
good fit for the Japanese. "