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Re: Oldest domains in the .com, .net, and .org TLDs

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Post by glenneroo »

johnchristopher wrote: post #60
everdev wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny that the 20th domain ever registered had a hyphen in it (bell-atl.com). They probably thought it would be easier to read than bellatl.com or bellatlantic.com

Maybe they saw domains as variables: don't use more than 8 characters ?

or MS-DOS 8.3 filenames ?

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Post by bena »

ghaff wrote: post #47
ant6n wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody saw a value in domain names. People didn't think we'd run out of domains. People didn't think that the internet would become mainstream, or that it would continue to exist in that form for a long time.

For that matter, /8 blocks were given out, if not quite like candy, certainly with considerable abandon. A fair number of the early universities and companies who registered ended up with complete /8 blocks all to themselves. [EDIT: Duh. Of course, it was actually Class A blocks at the time.]

https://xkcd.com/195/

Maybe a little out of date by now, but still, you can get a feel for it.

Apple, Ford, HP, DEC, Xerox, among others all have full /8 blocks.

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Post by ianmcgowan »

pishpash wrote: post #38
king_nothing wrote: post #5

The oldest domain is still going strong http://nordu.net NORDUnet is a collaboration between the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) of the five Nordic countries; Denmark (DeIC), Iceland (RHnet), Norway (UNINETT), Sweden (SUNET), and Finland (Funet). The Nordic region (five countries and three autonomous areas) has a population of 25 million, 9 official languages, and a strong tradition of collaboration.…

.net (and .org) used to have more cachet, interesting how these things evolve.

.edu also. I remember when having .com in your email was looked down on. Back when getting email (via UUCP) was more exciting than getting a letter in the mail.

My first domain registered was "Creation Date: 1994-06-01T04:00:00Z", and it was a total pain in the ass, involving certified letters and other nonsense.

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Post by CPLX »

russellbeattie wrote: post #57
invalidusernam3 wrote: post #8

Top 20: symbolics.com - Still exists bbn.com - Redirects to raytheon.com think.com - Dead mcc.com - Redirects to thecryptogenius.com (sometimes, not sure what's going on with it) dec.com - Redirects to paulkocher.com northrop.com - Dead xerox.com - Alive, Xerox website sri.com - Alive hp.com - Alive, HP website bellcore.com - Dead ibm.com - Alive, IBM website sun.com - Alive, sun website (oracle.com) intel.com - Aliv…

Think.com was owned by Oracle for a long time. I always forget that dashes are allowed in domain names.

Did it have any relationship to proto-digital-agency THINK New Ideas? I remember them from the 90's.

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Post by joeblau »

I worked for bbn.com back in the mid 2000's before they went out of business. BBN employed some of the smartest people I've ever worked with, but the company couldn't figure out how to keep the business relationships going. I remember having a conversation with my colleague saying "How does a company that invents the internet go out of business?"

I was eventually laid off along with about 30% of the company. I saw people who worked there for 18 years brought to tears because BBN was all they knew. My key take away was that experience was that no matter how impactful your tech company is on society, leadership's vision really determines the trajectory.

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Post by kps »

CPLX wrote: post #65
russellbeattie wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think.com was owned by Oracle for a long time. I always forget that dashes are allowed in domain names.

Did it have any relationship to proto-digital-agency THINK New Ideas? I remember them from the 90's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation

Re: Oldest domains in the .com, .net, and .org TLDs

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Post by icedchai »

ghaff wrote: post #47
ant6n wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody saw a value in domain names. People didn't think we'd run out of domains. People didn't think that the internet would become mainstream, or that it would continue to exist in that form for a long time.

For that matter, /8 blocks were given out, if not quite like candy, certainly with considerable abandon. A fair number of the early universities and companies who registered ended up with complete /8 blocks all to themselves. [EDIT: Duh. Of course, it was actually Class A blocks at the time.]

Class C's were literally given out like candy. I have my own /24, and know several others who do, as well.
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