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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by thih9 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @03:34AM (#43714048)
> zoom.com is an audio equipment manufacturer

This is false; https://zoom.com is currently used by the video chat platform.

The audio equipment manufacturer uses domain: https://zoomcorp.com/

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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by ceejayoz on Thursday April 17, 2025 @09:27AM (#43716504)
They did buy zoom.com from someone in 2019, though, for $2M.

https://domainnamewire.com/2019/03/23/did-zoom-pay-2-million...

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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by lakkal on Thursday April 17, 2025 @11:03AM (#43717955)
Interesting. I used to buy Zoom modems in the 80s-90s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Telephonics), but apparently they have nothing to do with either of the other two Zoom companies mentioned here. I had occasionally wondered but never looked into it until now.
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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by polynomial on Thursday April 17, 2025 @02:32PM (#43720539)
Back in the day, wasn't it either Zoom or Hayes?
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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by kevinmhickey on Thursday April 17, 2025 @02:40PM (#43720613)
Don't forget US Robotics
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