Re: It's the gnomes (Was: Re: URL Expansion proposal) from Simon Spero on 1996-01-14 (www-talk@w3.org from January to February 1996)

From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 16:24:28 -0500 (EST)
To: "William F. Hammond" <hammond@csc.albany.edu>
Cc: www-talk@w3.org, bearheart@bearnet.com
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960114162241.1496A-100000@tipper.oit.unc.edu>

The URL conventions are not derived from UNIX, but instead from Apollo's 
'domain' operating system. Apollo got bought by HP, and Domain is dead, 
so the convention are not biased towards any extant operating systems

Simon

Received on Sunday, 14 January 1996 16:24:58 UTC