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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: search order: aaa.org --> www.aaa.org.edu (???)
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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: search order: aaa.org --> www.aaa.org.edu (???) |
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Thu, 6 May 1999 07:18:35 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, David Woolley said:
> Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 09:10:20 +0100 (BST)
>
> Although it probably originated before commercialisation, www represents
> the marketing approach, not the absence of it. It is there to make
> it easy to guess the name of a company's main web server, whereas the
> original concept of the web was to give easy access to material wherever
> it was held.
>
Using a different prefix for each service even though they are all on
the same host (ftp. www. mail.) prepares for a smooth transition to
distributing the load to multiple hosts when it becomes desirable.
The specific names don't matter.
-- gil