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Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by kick on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:25PM (#22369060)
pets.com
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Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by JMTQp8lwXL on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:16PM (#22371594)
Redirects to a major retailer for pet and animal products.
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Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by kick on Thursday February 20, 2020 @01:42AM (#22373168)
Am I really getting old enough to where modern developers know nothing about the dot com crash?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets.com

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Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:26PM (#22376725)
Ha, I know that. But my point is, you don't see petsmart.com 302'ing to pets.com. You see the opposite. Which furthers the point that <genericword>.com's aren't that valuable. Since Pets.com didn't last all that long, it might not be fair to characterize it's short-term existence and high-market value as a sustaining, legitimate billion-dollar business.
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