Well, I was a lot younger and busy building a CPA practice. I had just attended COMDEX and was actively planning my upcoming sabbatical where I would work in a software company in Portland ---- which would accelerate my interest in technology. Oh, and also, the FIRST dot.com domain name was sold!! Ain’t perspective wonderful? Any dreams about where the next 25 years will take us? I think it’ll all be about ubiquity with cloud and social networking and location-based services.
Just for giggles I’ve included below a list of the 100 oldest dot.com domain names. Interesting, huh? Notice that they sold 10 that first year --- today they sell 100,000 per day!!
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| Rank | Create date | Domain name |
| 1. | 15-Mar-85 | Symbolics.com |
| 2. | 24-Apr-85 | BBN.com |
| 3. | 24-May-85 | Think.com |
| 4. | 11-Jul-85 | MCC.com |
| 5. | 30-Sep-85 | DEC.com |
| 6. | 7-Nov-85 | Northrop.com |
| 7. | 9-Jan-86 | Xerox.com |
| 8. | 17-Jan-86 | SRI.com |
| 9. | 3-Mar-86 | HP.com |
| 10. | 5-Mar-86 | Bellcore.com |
| 11. | 19-Mar-86 | IBM.com |
| 11. | 19-Mar-86 | Sun.com |
| 13. | 25-Mar-86 | Intel.com |
| 13. | 25-Mar-86 | TI.com |
| 15. | 25-Apr-86 | ATT.com |
| 16. | 8-May-86 | GMR.com |
| 16. | 8-May-86 | TEK.com |
| 18. | 10-Jul-86 | FMC.com |
| 18. | 10-Jul-86 | UB.com |
| 20. | 5-Aug-86 | Bell-ATL.com |
| 20. | 5-Aug-86 | GE.com |
| 20. | 5-Aug-86 | Grebyn.com |
| 20. | 5-Aug-86 | ISC.com |
| 20. | 5-Aug-86 | NSC.com |
| 20. | 5-Aug-86 | Stargate.com |
| 26. | 2-Sep-86 | Boeing.com |
| 27. | 18-Sep-86 | ITCorp.com |
| 28. | 29-Sep-86 | Siemens.com |
| 29. | 18-Oct-86 | Pyramid.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | AlphaCDC.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | BDM.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Fluke.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Inmet.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Kesmai.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Mentor.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | NEC.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Ray.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Rosemount.com |
| 30. | 27-Oct-86 | Vortex.com |
| 40. | 5-Nov-86 | Alcoa.com |
| 40. | 5-Nov-86 | GTE.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | Adobe.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | AMD.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | DAS.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | Data IO.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | Octopus.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | Portal.com |
| 42. | 17-Nov-86 | Teltone.com |
| 42. | 11-Dec-86 | 3Com.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | Amdahl.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | CCUR.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | CI.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | Convergent.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | DG.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | Peregrine.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | Quad.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | SQ.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | Tandy.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | TTI.com |
| 50. | 11-Dec-86 | Unisys.com |
| 61. | 19-Jan-87 | CGI.com |
| 61. | 19-Jan-87 | CTS.com |
| 61. | 19-Jan-87 | SPDCC.com |
| 64. | 19-Feb-87 | Apple.com |
| 65. | 4-Mar-87 | NMA.com |
| 65. | 4-Mar-87 | Prime.com |
| 67. | 4-Apr-87 | Philips.com |
| 68. | 23-Apr-87 | Datacube.com |
| 68. | 23-Apr-87 | Kai.com |
| 68. | 23-Apr-87 | TIC.com |
| 68. | 23-Apr-87 | Vine.com |
| 72. | 30-Apr-87 | NCR.com |
| 73. | 14-May-87 | Cisco.com |
| 73. | 14-May-87 | RDL.com |
| 75. | 20-May-87 | SLB.com |
| 76. | 27-May-87 | ParcPlace.com |
| 77. | 27-May-87 | UTC.com |
| 78. | 26-Jun-87 | IDE.com |
| 79. | 9-Jul-87 | TRW.com |
| 80. | 13-Jul-87 | Unipress.com |
| 81. | 27-Jul-87 | Dupont.com |
| 81. | 27-Jul-87 | Lockheed.com |
| 83. | 28-Jul-87 | Rosetta.com |
| 84. | 18-Aug-87 | Toad.com |
| 85. | 31-Aug-87 | Quick.com |
| 86. | 3-Sep-87 | Allied.com |
| 86. | 3-Sep-87 | DSC.com |
| 86. | 3-Sep-87 | SCO.com |
| 89. | 22-Sep-87 | Gene.com |
| 89. | 22-Sep-87 | KCCS.com |
| 89. | 22-Sep-87 | Spectra.com |
| 89. | 22-Sep-87 | WLK.com |
| 93. | 30-Sep-87 | Mentat.com |
| 94. | 14-Oct-87 | WYSE.com |
| 95. | 2-Nov-87 | CFG.com |
| 96. | 9-Nov-87 | Marble.com |
| 97. | 16-Nov-87 | Cayman.com |
| 97. | 16-Nov-87 | Entity.com |
| 99. | 24-Nov-87 | KSR.com |
| 100. | 30-Nov-87 | NynexST.com |
