Why does the web work?

Tell me if I am wrong, but wasn\’t it one of the key features of HTML at the time of its introduction to have pages linked by <a href=\’\’>link</a>? Linking from inside of page A.html to a page B.html. But if one renames page B.html to C.html and does not rewire it by hand or use rewrite tricks, one gets what currently the NZZ online is playing with. Is it intention or are they just not aware of? Please give us the web back. 😉

Unfortunately [2] is not a working substitute to [1] as one would expect:

[1] http://nzz.ch/2004/11/05/il/page-newzzE16BRTPJ-12.html
[2] http://nzz.ch/2004/11/05/il/newzzE16BRTPJ-12.html

Addon: Really positive is the new redirection to the print-edition of a certain page [3]:

[3] http://nzz.ch/2005/02/01/wi/newzzE4NR89LK-12.print.html

Update: Cool URIs don\’t change – just refound that link again [4] 😉

[4] http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

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