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...In a world where porn was nowhere to be found on the Internet... And where domain squatters didn't hoard all the good real-estate...
Nope. It isn't fiction. Tech Freaks posted a list of the first one hundred domain names to be registered - beginning way back in the dark ages of 1985. You can click the link above for the full list, or view the top ten below: Anything having to do with sex, porn, fetishes, auctions, SEO, VOIP, and Paris Hilton was notably absent. In fact, the list seems dominated by government contractors and large-scale manufacturers. It seems quite a few of the first hundred are no longer serving the purpose they were registered for. Sure, the long list of computer manufacturers (DEC, HP, IBM, SUN, INTEL, TI) is mostly intact, but Toad, Octopus, and others seem to be vastly different than they started out... Unless an online travel agency was really that forward thinking... In fact - the company with very first name registered - SYMBOLICS - is no longer operating. Long Live Symbolics! And to all you Domain Squatters out there - just remember this... Even though you're likely camping out on about seven dozen domains that my clients want - you could've had 'em ALL if you'd just had your act together by 1987. YOU COULD'VE RULED THE WORLD!!! (Don't feel quite so big and powerful anymore, do you?) |
