Ten years is a *very* long time in the internet hosting business.  There
are, however, plenty of examples of services like this that have been around
for close to that amount of time.  You also have to take into account that
since 2000 there have been three major updates and one complete revision to
the network layer used to provide connectivity via named addresses.  Guys
like TinyURL and is.gd have been around for a while, offer a very excellent
service (which really wasn't a necessity until 2001), and will probably
outlast the destinations they're often used to reference.

2 cents non-VW related cents on a Friday,

MT

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:15 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Battery placement alternatives

The biggest problem with URL shortening is that the firms that provide such
services seem to come and go.  Hence, ten years from now the archived URL is
almost guaranteed to be 404. (As will the original URL I suspect.)

Jim

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From: "Ry" <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 9:36 AM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: [VANAGON] Battery placement alternatives

> Same link as from Alistair, just shortened at http://is.gd  is there
> an unwritten rule about using URL shortening services in the list?
> Serious question, not being a jerk.
>
> http://is.gd/fECqP
>
> -Ry