Re: going too far? (longish diatribe)

Terry Allen (terry@ora.com)
Mon, 28 Nov 1994 14:47:02 PST

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From: Terry Allen <terry@ora.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 14:47:02 PST
In-Reply-To: "Karen R. Sollins" <sollins@lcs.mit.edu>
To: "Karen R. Sollins" <sollins@lcs.mit.edu>, uri@bunyip.com
Subject: Re: going too far? (longish diatribe)

>We should *NEVER* be putting URLs into documents.

If the URL is to a document that expires within a year, and we
think the site where it resides will keep it right where it is
for the foreseeable future, why not? However, we should also
provide non-URL references to those documents pointed to by URLs.

Regards,

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