Q: Who was visionary enough to register a domain name before the Internet as we know it even existed?

A: Symbolics Inc.

They bought Symbolics.com way back in March 1985.

They were followed a little over a month later by BBN Technologies, the owners of BBN.com and the more widely-known Oracle, who scooped up Think.com exactly a month later.

See the rist of the list of The 100 Oldest Dot Com Domains and then start planning for the next 15-20 years. You’ve put it off long enough.

(link via BoingBoing)

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