RE: IBM URLs (http://www.ibm.com/ vs.
ok Martin... give us the e-mails of those guys, we have a few things to tell them :)) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Martin Fuerderer > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:35 > To: doubleecho@your.com > Cc: informix-list@iiug.org; owner-informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: IBM URLs (http://www.ibm.com/ vs. > http://www-306.ibm.com/) > > > ... Rather, you should > > mention to the IBM web server people that they need to fix > their web > > server settings and the routing or load balancer(s) to mask > whatever > > server people are redirected to. ... > > You are right: > If (all) external visitors to the pages would do this "mentioning" > (surely there's somewhere a link for feedback on the web-pages) > to "the IBM web server people", things would be changed within > a very short time. > > But also wrong: > If I myself do this "mentioning" to "the IBM web server people", > then surely not much will change. Admittedly I've not tried, > but I guess if I get a response, then it'd be something along > the lines of "millions other users have no problem" ... > > Regards, > Martin > -- > Martin Fuerderer > IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management > > owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 13.12.2005 15:51:37: > > Martin Fuerderer wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > one general thing to note when quoting IBM URLs like > the following: > > > > > > > Check out > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/support/ > > > ^^^^ > > > |||| > > > please leave out the "-###" part of the URL and instead > > > quote it like this: > > > > > > http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/support/ > > > > > > The "-###" means that the page is provided by a particular host, > > > to which an original HTTP request without such a "-###" has > > > been routed automatically. > > > > > > > This is not something the user should ever have to worry > about, and is > > more a problem with the web server configuration. The URL > is the URL, > > and if IBM configured their web server(s) correctly they > wouldn't have > > this problem in the first place. To suggest that users > modify the URL > > is philosophically wrong. Rather, you should mention to > the IBM web > > server people that they need to fix their web server > settings and the > > routing or load balancer(s) to mask whatever server people are > > redirected to. Having users modify the URL is ridiculous! > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list