On 2013-12-17, at 23:41, Avram Friedman wrote:
> For years IBM has recommended that when bookmarking there sites,
> Modify the HTTP string from WWW??????. to WWW.
> The ?????? part as in WWW-03 or WWW2 is used interally to route to various
> servers.
> WWW.IBM***** is an alais to the actual site that gets updated as pages move
> between servers.
>
>
> The issue here is IBM did not follow its own book mark advice which is
> designed to avoid problems like this.
> A failure of highly trained TECH writters and proofers.
>
Actually, the link on the parent page appears as:
<td><a href="/systems/z/os/zos/library/bkserv/lookat" >Messages and codes
via LookAt</a></td>
(Who knows what mailers and LISTSERVs will to to that markup?)
It's a relative URL, often a recommended practice. And the
troublesome substring is not the "-03", but the "/library", as
Timothy inferred.
> Avram Friedman
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:59:56 +0800, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> If you need to get to the correct page in the interim, here is the link:
>>
>> http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/lookat/
"in the interim"? Can we expect a repair?
Thanks,
gil
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