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B1FF_PSUVM
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Email from Jeff Bezos to employees
Incidentally, books.com was taken early on (say 1990) by an outfit in Ohio. Pre-web, they had a telnet interface.
gxqoz
on Feb 2, 2021
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There are a couple of institutions in the Seattle area that have pretty good generic domain names, presumably because of the tech connections in the area. For instance, the Washington State Fair has the domain thefair.com.
mmmrtl
on Feb 3, 2021
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Local zoo is zoo.org!
gxqoz
on Feb 3, 2021
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Oh yeah, forgot about that one.
selimthegrim
on Feb 3, 2021
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Imagine the Seafair pirates or Almost Live! shaking everyone down for domain names.
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