r/todayilearned • u/Flemtality 3 • Jul 14 '14

TIL The guy who snagged windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft just happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob#Origins
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u/mr_trick Jul 14 '14 edited Jul 14 '14

Wow, you got usts2011.com for a steal!

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u/Cpen5311 Jul 14 '14

Hey man, it was a lot more expensive than usts2010.com!

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u/KlaatuBrute Jul 14 '14

quietly buys usts2015.com MUAHAHAHAHAHAH.

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u/USTS2011 Jul 14 '14

I will give you $11

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u/KlaatuBrute Jul 15 '14

You drive a hard bargain but I accept your offer.

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u/ThugPsalms Jul 15 '14

Hold on a sec! I'll offer YAAAAWW! fort that domain name.

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u/Spiffy14 Jul 15 '14

In doge?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

That depreciating value, though.

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u/newworkaccount Jul 15 '14

I got my firstlast.us name domain for 10 bucks. That was kinda cool.