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RE: NAVYJOBS.COM
From: Jim Fleming <JimFleming () unety net>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:42:02 -0500
On Monday, April 22, 1996 11:47 AM, Michael A. Patton[SMTP:MAP () bbn com] wrote: <snip> @the expression). The other possibility is the contract went to some @upstart that doesn't even _think_ about domains other than .COM ... @ I was told recently by a "DOS expert" that .COM comes from the file extensions used by Microsoft, as in COMMAND.COM. This person "educated" me that Microsoft uses the .COM extension for "popular" programs like COMMAND.COM and that .COM stands for "common" and also "command". I was informed that everyone registers in the .COM domain to make sure that they are compatible with the version of the Internet supported by DOS and Windows. Needless to say...I was surprised that the origin of .COM was sort of lost in the translation...I guess when you have a hammer like DOS, everything looks like a nail... I guess if companies like AOL, Prodigy and Compuserve can convince their subscribers that they are "on the Internet", maybe everyone else can now convince people that _are_ on the Internet...that they are really on DOS....or something else...:-) -- Jim Fleming UNETY Systems, Inc. Naperville, IL 60563 e-mail: JimFleming () unety net
Current thread:
- NAVYJOBS.COM Sean Doran (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jake Khuon (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Avi Freedman (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Avi Freedman (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Carl Forsythe (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Avi Freedman (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Dalvenjah FoxFire (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM John Riordan (Apr 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Scott Bradner (Apr 21)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Steven Schnell (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Michael A. Patton (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Steven Schnell (Apr 22)
- RE: NAVYJOBS.COM Jim Fleming (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Sean Doran (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Michael Dillon (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jeremy Porter (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Paul A Vixie (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Michael Dillon (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Craig A. Huegen (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Michael Dillon (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Vadim Antonov (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jon Zeeff (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Michael Dillon (Apr 22)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Ehud Gavron (Apr 22)