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  • First Internet domain name registered (15-3-1985)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 15 23:00:35 2024
    symbolics.com
    first to be registered under the Domain Name System (DNS) process
    and only five others during the rest of that year!
    today there are 160,000,000 .com's alone

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Ross Clark on Fri Mar 15 10:57:06 2024
    Ross Clark wrote:

    symbolics.com
    first to be registered under the Domain Name System (DNS) process
    and only five others during the rest of that year!
    today there are 160,000,000 .com's alone




    was Symbolics.com (domain name) bought by a jokester?




    1. Symbolics.com: Registered on March 15, 1985, by Symbolics, a computer manufacturer (now defunct).

    2. BBN.com: Registered on April 24, 1985, by BBN Technologies, a military contractor involved in early internet development.

    3. Think.com: Registered on May 24, 1985, by Thinking Machines, a manufacturer of supercomputers.

    4. MCC.com: Registered on July 11, 1985, by Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, a research consortium.

    5. DEC.com: Registered on September 30, 1985, by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), a leading computer manufacturer.


    It's important to note that the exact order of registration beyond the first (Symbolics.com) might vary depending on the source. However, these five domains are well-documented as being among the earliest registered in 1985.

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  • From Aidan Kehoe@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 15 13:47:11 2024
    Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh HenHanna:

    was Symbolics.com (domain name) bought by a jokester?

    Not in 1985; Symbolics was a serious company that manufactured Lisp machines, by all
    accounts a very pleasant software development environment if one has an interest in the Lisp programming language.

    --
    ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
    How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
    (C. Moore)

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Aidan Kehoe on Fri Mar 15 11:15:37 2024
    On 3/15/2024 6:47 AM, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

    Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh HenHanna:

    > was Symbolics.com (domain name) bought by a jokester?

    Not in 1985; Symbolics was a serious company that manufactured Lisp machines, by all
    accounts a very pleasant software development environment if one has an interest in the Lisp programming language.



    i'd met some ppl from Symbolics...

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