Academia.edu: looking for technical co-founder

Re:Academia.edu: looking for technical co-founder by jward on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @03:32PM (#23928)

My big question is how did you manage to score a .edu domain?

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Re:Academia.edu: looking for technical co-founder by RichardPrice on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @04:36PM (#23938)

Before 2001, anyone could register a .edu domain; a handful of .edu domains were registered - academia.edu was one of them.

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Re:Academia.edu: looking for technical co-founder by rms on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @04:08PM (#23932)

http://www.educause.edu/edudomain/eligibility.asp

Why do some institutions that do not meet the eligibility criteria have .edu domain names?

According to the Cooperative Agreement between EDUCAUSE and the U.S. Department of Commerce, all .edu names in existence as of October 29, 2001, are "grandfathered." This means that everyone who already had a .edu name by that date (October 29, 2001), regardless of current or past eligibility requirements, is allowed to keep those .edu names. --

Sounds like he bought it on the open market.

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Re:Academia.edu: looking for technical co-founder by eposts on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @04:13PM (#23933)

Maybe he got it from this guy... he "OWNS" the internet :): http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/index.htm?postversion=2007052205

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