Internet Models:

bullet1.Broadcast -- Push
bulletimpose the tv model on the Internet. A stream of preselected pages are sent to your browser.
bullet2.Selective -- Pull
bulletThe surfing model: by searching and browsing.
bullet3.Responsive -- Interactive
bulletEmail, threaded discussions, read news (major use of Internet)
bullet4.Discourse -- Collaborative
bulletChat rooms, mudds(popular outside academia)
bullet5.Self-publish
bullet personal home pages (flood of tools, books)
bullet6.Sharing
bulletdigital libraries, artifact repositories, on-line code libraries(many commercial repositories)
bullet7.Organizational information -- Intranet
bullet Local group information; forms-base (focus for big guns)
bullet8.Organizational coordination -- Groupware
bulletMeeting scheduler, joint authoring,

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