Linking to URLs on the web (was Useful Training pages...)

[Melinda Brown]

On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Melissa Silvestre wrote:

> Are you saying that you just pointed to them and they complained?!
> But that's what URLs are for! That's like the author of a book insisting
> on being notified everytime anyone includes a citation to his/her book
> in their bibliography.

I think it's different in that the number of people who cite an author 
has little impact on the author's ability to conduct his/her daily 
business, while the number of people who link to a site can have a great 
impact on the server it resides upon.

- Melinda
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