For me the web started around 1997 when I received my free dial-up Internet account from my university when I started undergraduate studies.
It appears some people were a bit quicker than I was…
The 100 oldest currently registered .com domain names
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
Yup, some interesting ones in there. Sometimes I think some of those companies knew exactly what was about to happen.
Can you imagine knowing then what we know now? You could invest a few million buying up a load of domains and become… well, a billionaire.
many people did do that — remember the fiasco surrounding the mcdonalds.com domain — the guy had the nerve to actually use ronald@mcdonalds.com and e-mail Mc Corp…asking them for $$$$ for the domain — lol.
But it is so true though… I didn’t even knwo the internet or .com’s for that matter existed in the 80′s.
Oh the internet… remember when internic had the global monopoly on .com’s? Man they made a few pennies eh — It was like 70$ a year for a domain back than.
Oh how times have changed…what will be next? I wonder what new technology will enable the internet beyond what it is today… it seems like most of the stuff out there re: social networks and such…are just fads…
I ask you …what do users really want when they come online, if anything…
J
And there I was trying to get my hands on Think.com – I think I was a little late with my bid!