Saturday, February 23, 2008

This is an interesting bit of history. Imagine the gems (and rewards) for those people who started at this early time to stake out ownership of domains. The evolving value for a 'hot' property would make an intriguing study.

THE 100 OLDEST CURRENTLY-REGISTERED .COM DOMAINS
Rank

Create date Domain name
1. 15-Mar-1985SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986BELLCORE.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986IBM.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986SUN.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986INTEL.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986ATT.COM
16= 08-May-1986GMR.COM
16= 08-May-1986TEK.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986FMC.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986UB.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986BELL-ATL.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986GE.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986GREBYN.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986ISC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986NSC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986PYRAMID.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986ALPHACDC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986BDM.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986FLUKE.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986INMET.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986KESMAI.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986MENTOR.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986NEC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986RAY.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986ROSEMOUNT.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986VORTEX.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986ALCOA.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986GTE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986ADOBE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986AMD.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986DAS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986DATA-IO.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986OCTOPUS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986PORTAL.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986TELTONE.COM
42= 11-Dec-19863COM.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986AMDAHL.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986CCUR.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986CI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986CONVERGENT.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986DG.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986PEREGRINE.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986QUAD.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986SQ.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986TANDY.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986TTI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986UNISYS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987CGI.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987CTS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987APPLE.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987NMA.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987PHILIPS.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987DATACUBE.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987KAI.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987TIC.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987NCR.COM
73= 14-May-1987CISCO.COM
73= 14-May-1987RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987SLB.COM
76= 27-May-1987PARCPLACE.COM
76= 27-May-1987UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987UNIPRESS.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987DUPONT.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987QUICK.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987ALLIED.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987DSC.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987SCO.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987GENE.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987KCCS.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987SPECTRA.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987MARBLE.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987CAYMAN.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987NYNEXST.COM

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