In 80s where everyone just had there own network and BBS were the only way to publish informations These company decided to get a domain god knows for what ?
Here is a list of first 100 owners of a .com domain:
Rank Registered Date Domain Name
1 15-March-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2 24-April-1985 BBN.COM
3 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4 11-July-1985 MCC.COM
5 30-September-1985 DEC.COM
6 07-November-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7 09-January-1986 XEROX.COM
8 17-January-1986 SRI.COM
9 03-March-1986 HP.COM
10 05-March-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11 19-March-1986 IBM.COM
11 19-March-1986 SUN.COM
13 25-March-1986 INTEL.COM
13 25-March-1986 TI.COM
15 25-April-1986 ATT.COM
16 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
17 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18 10-July-1986 FMC.COM
19 10-July-1986 UB.COM
20 05-August-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
21 05-August-1986 GE.COM
22 05-August-1986 GREBYN.COM
23 05-August-1986 ISC.COM
24 05-August-1986 NSC.COM
25 05-August-1986 STARGATE.COM
26 02-September-1986 BOEING.COM
27 18-September-1986 ITCORP.COM
28 29-September-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29 18-October-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30 27-October-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
31 27-October-1986 BDM.COM
32 27-October-1986 FLUKE.COM
33 27-October-1986 INMET.COM
34 27-October-1986 KESMAI.COM
35 27-October-1986 MENTOR.COM
36 27-October-1986 NEC.COM
37 27-October-1986 RAY.COM
38 27-October-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
39 27-October-1986 VORTEX.COM
40 05-November-1986 ALCOA.COM
41 05-November-1986 GTE.COM
42 17-November-1986 ADOBE.COM
43 17-November-1986 AMD.COM
44 17-November-1986 DAS.COM
45 17-November-1986 DATA-IO.COM
46 17-November-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
47 17-November-1986 PORTAL.COM
48 17-November-1986 TELTONE.COM
49 11-December-1986 3COM.COM
50 11-December-1986 AMDAHL.COM
51 11-December-1986 CCUR.COM
52 11-December-1986 CI.COM
53 11-December-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
54 11-December-1986 DG.COM
55 11-December-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
56 11-December-1986 QUAD.COM
57 11-December-1986 SQ.COM
58 11-December-1986 TANDY.COM
59 11-December-1986 TTI.COM
60 11-December-1986 UNISYS.COM
61 19-January-1987 CGI.COM
62 19-January-1987 CTS.COM
63 19-January-1987 SPDCC.COM
64 19-February-1987 APPLE.COM
65 04-March-1987 NMA.COM
66 04-March-1987 PRIME.COM
67 04-April-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68 23-April-1987 DATACUBE.COM
69 23-April-1987 KAI.COM
61 19-January-1987 CGI.COM
62 19-January-1987 CTS.COM
63 19-January-1987 SPDCC.COM
64 19-February-1987 APPLE.COM
65 04-March-1987 NMA.COM
66 04-March-1987 PRIME.COM
67 04-April-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68 23-April-1987 DATACUBE.COM
69 23-April-1987 KAI.COM
70 23-April-1987 TIC.COM
71 23-April-1987 VINE.COM
72 30-April-1987 NCR.COM
73 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
74 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
77 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78 26-June-1987 IDE.COM
79 09-July-1987 TRW.COM
80 13-July-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81 27-July-1987 DUPONT.COM
72 30-April-1987 NCR.COM
73 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
74 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
77 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78 26-June-1987 IDE.COM
79 09-July-1987 TRW.COM
80 13-July-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81 27-July-1987 DUPONT.COM
82 27-July-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83 28-July-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84 18-August-1987 TOAD.COM
85 31-August-1987 QUICK.COM
86 03-September-1987 ALLIED.COM
87 03-September-1987 DSC.COM
88 03-September-1987 SCO.COM
89 22-September-1987 GENE.COM
90 22-September-1987 KCCS.COM
91 22-September-1987 SPECTRA.COM
92 22-September-1987 WLK.COM
93 30-September-1987 MENTAT.COM
94 14-October-1987 WYSE.COM
95 02-November-1987 CFG.COM
96 09-November-1987 MARBLE.COM
97 16-November-1987 CAYMAN.COM
98 16-November-1987 ENTITY.COM
99 24-November-1987 KSR.COM
100 30-November-1987 NYNEXST.COM
91 22-September-1987 SPECTRA.COM
92 22-September-1987 WLK.COM
93 30-September-1987 MENTAT.COM
94 14-October-1987 WYSE.COM
95 02-November-1987 CFG.COM
96 09-November-1987 MARBLE.COM
97 16-November-1987 CAYMAN.COM
98 16-November-1987 ENTITY.COM
99 24-November-1987 KSR.COM
100 30-November-1987 NYNEXST.COM
These domain were used only by big corporation but after 90s (the www explosion) everthing changed !!!
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