> primarily for commercial purposes. People wishing to access a University > or EDU site could still use the URL as they do today. I realize that other This seems redundant. I think these two methods would only further confuse ma and pa (not that they couldn't understand the current URL). > I do not think the question is whether people can learn the meaning > of the URL, I just find it it morally abhorrent to force grandma or > grandpa to understand what, in the end, are UNIX file system conventions. My gosh -- it's not _that_ confusing! Morally abhorrent? That's a little reactionary. > thing. In any case, if a business does not wish to adhered to a naming > convention they will be just as free to advertise the full URL as they do > today. The latter would be to their commerical disadvantage. Again, two different methods would only confuse more. What's nice about a standard like the current URL is that it is a little bit flexible. Yours simply isn't. Adam .............................................................................. Adam Donahue Weinstein Center Distributed Computing & Appt. 703, 5-11 Univ. Pl. Information Services (ACF) New York, New York 10003 mailto: adam.donahue@nyu.edu phone number: 212.443.6925 ..............................................................................Received on Sunday, 14 January 1996 13:40:51 GMT
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