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Subject: Re: [motm] It pays to register early!

From: The Old Crow <oldcrow@...>
Date: 2000-10-30

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Cary Roberts wrote:

> And regarding domain names, most all were snatched up by the mid-90s,
> so any and all common names are long gone. Just try finding big
> name manufacturers on the web. Juniper Networks is not at juniper.com,
> nor junipernet.com, but at juniper.net. Sycamore is at sycamorenet.com.
> If billion dollar switch vendors can't obtain the rights to the
> preferred domain name, a small business certainly can't.

No, a billion-dollar business CAN obtain the rights to a preferred
domain name. I should relate the story of 'pikachu.com' sometime.

Crow

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