Stuart Rogers wrote: 

> You've jumped to a wrong conclusion -- the link is legitimate and
> doesn't originate in Libya.  It's a shortened URL that points to
> http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/fm-upgrade.html
> 
> It looks like Adobe has its own link-shortening utility so that "adobe"
> appears as the domain; there are free generic services on the web that
> do the same thing -- tinyurl.com, https://bitly.com/, etc.

It may be legitimate, but the top-level domain ".ly" does indicate Libya. As 
long as Gaddafi was in power, some people (myself included) didn't use the 
bit.ly URL-shortening service for that reason. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
------
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
------




Reply via email to