[odf-discuss] URLs

[Ian Lynch]

On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 15:40 -0400, Lars D. Noodén wrote:
> Could I ask please that we use the full URLS or if tinyurl or other 
> redirectors are used, please include a full citation to the article.
> 
>  	+ it's easier to see at a glance who the 'publisher' is
>  	+ tinyurl introduces an additional point of failure
> 
> There are probably other archival, usability, privacy factors.
> 
> regards,
> -Lars
> Lars Noodén
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> 
> On Mon, 21 May 2007, Ian Lynch wrote:
> 
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3ydu8b

Click on the above and you get
http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1307315.php/Microsoft_announces_Chinese_open_source_project

So why is a problem to click on the tinyurl to get the full article url
if you need it? Am I missing something?


Ian
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