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Re:Change Your Name by ThomPete on Sunday August 09, 2015 @07:31PM (#10031944)
Most people don't know what .com is. So sure if you are talking about a bunch of VCs your might be right but for most people it doesn't have that value.
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Re:Change Your Name by pbreit on Monday August 10, 2015 @01:32PM (#10036018)
How do you explain that pretty much every very large successful company has its straightforward .com? And why do you not place any significance in that?
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Re:Change Your Name by ThomPete on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:41PM (#10037600)
It's .com for historical reasons. Today most startups wont be able to afford a proper .com name, but as they grow more and more successful they will.

So PG is right that a .com is important but not for the reasons he seem to indicate.

That you can acquire a proper .com is a manifestation of your success it is not the base of your success. And that is how his essay comes of at least to me and many others.

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