On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, emanuel stiebler wrote:
> Brad Parker wrote:
>
> > I suspect symbolics.com was the first ".com" but I don't really know.
>
> DEC likes to be the first one. Check:
>
> http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/compaq-d.htm
>
> It was 1985
$ whois symbolics.com
Registrant:
Symbolics Technology, Inc (SYMBOLICS-DOM)
c/o Ropes & Gray
C.I. Armistead 1 International
Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
US
Domain Name: SYMBOLICS.COM
Administrative Contact:
Schmidt, David (DSW796) dkschmidt_at_COMPUSERVE.COM
Symbolics, Inc
P.O. Box 10862
BURKE, VA 22009
US
(703) 455-0430 fax: (703) 440-0388
Technical Contact:
Network Solutions, LLC. (HOST-ORG)
customerservice_at_networksolutions.com
13200 Woodland Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20171-3025
US
1-888-642-9675 fax: 571-434-4620
Record expires on 16-Mar-2007.
>>>Record created on 15-Mar-1985.
Database last updated on 12-Jan-2005 13:48:18 EST.
OK
$ whois dec.com
Registrant:
Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P
(DOM-134233)
2055 State Highway 249 Houston
TX
77070 US
Domain Name: dec.com
Registrar Name: Alldomains.com
Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com
Registrar Homepage:
http://www.alldomains.com
Administrative Contact:
Compaq Computer Corporation
(NIC-344520)
Compaq Internet Domain Name Registrar
20555 State Highway 249 Houston
TX
77070 US
domainreg_at_compaq.com +1.2815188427 Fax- -
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Center Network Operations
(NIC-398252)
Alldomains.com
1800 Sutter St.
Suite 100 Concord
CA
94520 US
hostmaster_at_alldomains.com +1.9256859600 Fax- +1.9256859620
>>> Created on..............: 1985-Sep-30.
Expires on..............: 2009-Sep-29.
Record last updated on..: 2003-Nov-07 20:32:13.
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