PRO/CONS OF VIRTUAL HOSTING SERVICES

  
  
  
  
Daniel writes:
  
>http://company.com/ generally is generally no more intuitive than
>http://company.com/company/.  This is a rehash of the "predictable
>domain name" and "predictable mailbox name" discussion.  It only makes a
>difference for very well known company names.  Promoting this practise
>will give a wrong image of prestige to a "short URL".
  
I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with this. For those companies who are using
or wish to use the WWW for marketing purposes, it is a question of following
what is *already* established practice and being on an equal footing with
other companies.
  
(I'm not pleading special interest - We are in the process of moving from a
virtual host on an "WWW Hotel" to a new dedicated server of our own - no
address space is thus freed up.)
  
Andrew J Cowie
Royal Insurance plc
(http://www.royal-group.com/)
  
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