(The note previously read: "The adoption of a unix-style syntax involves the conversion into non-unix local forms by either the client or server. Some non-unix servers do this, but clients wishing to access sites which do not have unix-style naming will need certain algorithms to enable other file systems to be identified and treated. Client software may also have to be flexible in terms of the sequence of FTP commands used with different varieties of server. In view of a tendency for file systems to look increasingly similar, it was felt that the URL convention should not be weighed down by extra mechanisms for identifying these cases." )