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Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered
From: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
Date: 28 Jul 2023 12:34:33 -0700
It appears that Drew Weaver <drew.weaver () thenap com> said:
-=-=-=-=-=- Does anyone have any historical information on how 'x.com' came to be registered even though single letters were reserved? Is there a story or is it as simple as it was registered prior to the reservation?
Here's a story about its history. It's very old, from 1992. https://jimmysoni.substack.com/p/the-colorful-history-of-xcom-aka R's, John
Current thread:
- Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered Drew Weaver (Jul 27)
- Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jul 27)
- Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered Anne Mitchell (Jul 27)
- Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered Mukund Sivaraman (Jul 27)
- Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered John Levine (Jul 28)
- Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered Gaurav Kansal (Jul 28)
- Re: Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jul 27)