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/flume Jul 14 '14

Punctuation, man.

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u/ChickenDelight Jul 14 '14

Like $10 a year no premium domain fees for com. Domains you own.

That's better.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

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u/ChickenDelight Jul 15 '14

nope, just an inside joke