[Web4lib] get rid of the www?

[Richard Wiggins]

Actually, there was even a time when the www prefix was not
standardized.  Many places who laumched early sites on the Web, circa
March 1993, including Michigan State, went with the form
"web.msu.edu".

Back then, the folks at CERN also spelled it "World-Wide Web" instead
of "World Wide Web".  Today, a lot of folks, especially in Europe,
won't even hit the shift key to say "Web"....

/rich

On 7/1/05, William Melody <w-melody at northwestern.edu> wrote:
> Nina,
> 
> both URLs absolutely should be pointing to the same place.  www.foo.bar and
> foo.bar are meant to be the same thing in a web browser.  the www was just
> originally to distinguish it as a web request rather than a mail or ftp
> request, but it's really unnecessary and, to many people, outdated.  Having
> them point to two different places is a big mistake and non-standard, so
> I'd say changing the catalog URL to something unique and more appropriate,
> like catalog.georgetown.edu, should be a priority.
> 
>