Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge?

Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by dreamcompiler on Monday April 20, 2020 @09:22PM (#22930871)

This is fascinating; I had no idea that non-Americans thought this. Every American knows it's a private company and most know it's a classic rags-to-riches story started by a guy named Fred. It simply never occurred to me that anyone might assume it was a government entity, even though now I get why.

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by perl4ever on Monday April 20, 2020 @09:38PM (#22930974)

Oh, come on. It's plausible that most Americans know it's a private company, but most people do not know it was started by a guy named Fred. (or do you mean a guy named Fed?)

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by edoceo on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:07PM (#22931435)

Frederal Express don't have the same ring to it.

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by tomcam on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:04AM (#22932685)

I don’t know, Busby, I think you’re onto something ;

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by dreamcompiler on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:13AM (#22931794)

Maybe I should have said "Americans my age." Fred Smith got a lot of news coverage in the 80s. He used to be a case study in business schools.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Smith

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by dreamcompiler on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:16AM (#22931810)

...and apparently I was wrong about the rags part.

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by kristjansson on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:37AM (#22931936)

He did get close to rags in the middle there

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Re:Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge? by rsynnott on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @09:49AM (#22934938)

Well, then, clearly it should be called Frederal Expresss.

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