Happy birthday dotcom!

[xxMATTGxx]

It was not until the late 1990s that it really took off but today the internet celebrates the 25th birthday of the dotcom domain name.

On 15 March 1985, the first company to add dotcom to its name was a computer maker named Symbolics.

Today, 100,000 dotcom sites are registered every day and there are nearly 86m active sites.

And the man behind the company looking after the dotcom domain is predicting changes in the way we use the internet.

For most of the late 1980s and early 1990s hardly anyone knew what a dotcom was, yet today it is part of the fabric of our lives and is regarded as the hallmark of the commercial internet.

In 1985, a total of six dotcom domain names were registered.

Now, as well as the millions of active sites currently operational, there have been another 113m that have come and gone over the last quarter of a century.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8567414.stm

Happy 25th Birthday to dotcom!

[Richie]

wow 25 years I thought it was longer, happy bday!!

[lTraditional]

It has been around that long, i also thought it was around longer aswell but back on topic, Happy birthday DotCom!

[The Professor]

I'm the opposite I didn't think it was around for as long as that Although I still think of 1990 as 10 years ago because by brain is crap at remembering what year we're in (A)

[Jahova]

Never thought it was that long but happy birthday .com

[Black_Apalachi]

Wow, that's crazy!

[Blinger1]

Wow, that's crazy!

not really.

But damn thats a while tbh.

[HotelUser]

Now we just have to sit back and wait until Google uses dotcom to rule the world

[Richie]

Now we just have to sit back and wait until Google uses dotcom to rule the world

haha wouldn't be surprised.


I can guarantee that the internet will get even more popular than it already is (hows that possible?) but yh it'll get so popular that you'll have to register your childs birth cert with their own gmail account


YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

[HotelUser]

haha wouldn't be surprised.


I can guarantee that the internet will get even more popular than it already is (hows that possible?) but yh it'll get so popular that you'll have to register your childs birth cert with their own gmail account


YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

Well, considering you can actually differentiate between between a smartphone and a normal phone now, and that we have devices like iPads hitting the scene and countries making internet a legal right, I think it's going to play a significant role in all of our lives!