This is a new genre for me. I have tried to keep my text as brief as possible, to enhance on-screen readability. I have also included hypertext links to exemplify some points. The dominance of English in the Internet needs no arguing for.
Computers are in any case English-oriented.
Netscape and Java are in English, the vocabulary of computing and of the Internet is overwhelmingly English, and most of the texts that are accessed through it are in English. Francophone keyboards may produce garbage on English-favouring keyboards. D'autre part, des ateliers-debats seront organises le samedi 7 au matin. There are many accents missing here. The world wide web is in the position of a permanent international conference, where papers are either in English or are accompanied by English translations.