Kyle Banerjee wrote:
>
> Mirroring is equally hopeless. Ignoring that the resources required
> are far beyond what we will ever have, resources can only be mirrored
> if what you see is what they are. This is only the case with certain
> types of materials that aren't dependent on the platform used to
> deliver them, and the majority of those that we would want to mirror
> involve considerable legal issues.
>
It also means that you have to keep your COPY up to date, not just your
LINK. Web resources change, and I don't know what changes more: the
location or the content.
kc
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