Re: SPEC: DNS conventions & "naming" of VRML sites

Chris Marrin (cmarrin@ariel.engr.sgi.com)
Fri, 16 Jun 1995 11:15:21 -0700

> Uh-oh... newbie alert... could you possibly please explain to little old
> me why http:// was invented in the first place, if ftp was adequate?
> Help! I don't understand!

I would never presume to explain such a thing. I would direct you to:

http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/Overview.html

for the official overview. One thing I can say http is very well tuned for retrieving multimedia information, file it and all. So it's fast relative to other protocols.

Perhaps this and related pointers should go into the FAQ.

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