> On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Roland Perry wrote: > > > In article <20101018024021.gc8...@vacation.karoshi.com.?>, > bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com writes > > > >> the leading character restriction was lifted when the company > >> 3com was created. its been nearly 18 years since that advice > >> held true. > > > > And was the first all-numeric name 101.com (1995)? > > > > Dalmatians, not binary five. > > I always thought it was 2600.com (03-Feb-1994 according to whois). >
I'm assuming we aren't making jokes here, but 3com.com was created in 1986: Domain Name: 3COM.COM Registrar: SAFENAMES LTD Whois Server: whois.safenames.net Referral URL: http://www.safenames.net Name Server: DNS2.IDP365.NET Name Server: NS1.3COM.COM Name Server: NS2.3COM.COM Status: ok Updated Date: 05-oct-2010 Creation Date: 11-dec-1986 Expiration Date: 10-dec-2013 If I've missed the joke, sorry. :) Deepak