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> zoom.com is an audio equipment manufacturer False, the audio equipment manufacturer uses: https://zoomcorp.com/ The https://zoom.com domain shows content from the video chat platform.
They did buy zoom.com from someone in 2019, though, for $2M. https://domainnamewire.com/2019/03/23/did-zoom-pay-2-million...
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> zoom.com is an audio equipment manufacturer False, the audio equipment manufacturer uses: https://zoomcorp.com/ The https://zoom.com domain shows content from the video chat platform.
They did buy zoom.com from someone in 2019, though, for $2M. https://domainnamewire.com/2019/03/23/did-zoom-pay-2-million...
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They probably meant "whois privacy"[1] (without the space). Whois is basically a way to get information about a domain name (and many other stuff). Whois privacy just ensures that your address, name and other stuff is not public. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_privacy
They were probably joking when they asked that question. Your reply doesn't seem sarcastic, so I take it you genuinely r/whoosh'ed (that's a reference to a subreddit about situations where someone is acting clueless).
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Which is why this outage is so weird: the entire point of paying MarkMonitor is ensuring that absolutely nothing goes wrong with a very fraught process, and they seem to have just taken down one of the biggest brands they support.
Precisely. You pay a company like this the nosebleed-inducing fees they charge so that this exact event never happens. That assurance, and not the mechanics of domain registration or canned web searches or whatever else, is their product. It's like, as I'm sure I'm paraphrasing from something I read God alone knows how many years ago, if your publicist lets you walk into a press event with a giant blob of snot hangin…
https://www.archdaily.com/973183/the-building-that-moved-how...
They need to implement secondary and tertiary domains—with diverse registrars and hosting infrastructure—for the Zoom client’s calling home. Maybe even a fallback anycast ip address for service discovery. Given how much companies like mine pay for service, it’s reasonable to expect that level of engineering foresight. But hindsight will do—let’s get it fixed. #HugOps to all employees working overtime and taking care…
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Precisely. You pay a company like this the nosebleed-inducing fees they charge so that this exact event never happens. That assurance, and not the mechanics of domain registration or canned web searches or whatever else, is their product. It's like, as I'm sure I'm paraphrasing from something I read God alone knows how many years ago, if your publicist lets you walk into a press event with a giant blob of snot hangin…
Obligatory Indiana Bell building rotation link. https://www.archdaily.com/973183/the-building-that-moved-how...
What a paragon of engineering.
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zoom.com is an audio equipment manufacturer, which was there before zoom.us. I guess that's what happens where they had to accept substandard domain, because they were unwilling to be creative about their name.
This is … Zombocom.
Anything at all.
The only limit ... is yourself.
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There are countries whose ccTLD registrars are impeccably well-run and have been for decades, such as DENIC, the entity that oversees the .de ccTLD. If you're based in Germany, I don't see a reason why you would want to avoid .de domains.
Them being subject to the pretty draconian laws of Germany is a minus for most people if they had no other reason to have to follow those laws (such as not being in Germany).
And conversely, when not based in Germany, you'd need a proxy Administrative Contact anyway. (Registrars can probably provide that for you, but it seems like asking for trouble.)
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Them being subject to the pretty draconian laws of Germany is a minus for most people if they had no other reason to have to follow those laws (such as not being in Germany).
Mind ellaborating what draconian laws you are talking about?
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It is a one-syllable word, easy to pronounce in many languages, quite distinct from other words and brands, and can easily be turned into a verb.
Verbing your nouns is a great way to lose your trademark.