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Tangential to the core issue, but seems kinda weird to me that he claims he bought it from web.com in 1994 and he’s had the domain for 24 years when web.com has
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Tangential to the core issue, but seems kinda weird to me that he claims he bought it from web.com in 1994 and he’s had the domain for 24 years when web.com has only existed for 19. A quick Wikipedia search would’ve clearly shown this. Further, in 1994, there’s only one place he could’ve registered this domain as it wasn’t decentralized until the late 90s.
I guess Ars was sleeping at the wheel when posting this.
- lkrubner 9y agoNetwork Solutions was started in 1994, and was later bought by Web.com. It is correct to say that he got a domain name from a registrar which is now the property of Web.com.
- jsjohnst 9y agoYes, but he wasn’t a Web.com customer for 24 years. Web.com didn’t exist until 1999 and further didn’t buy Network Solutions until 2011. It’s fine for a consumer to not remember, but Ars should do better in their reporting!
- nodesocket 9y agoYou can see some historical domain data using SecurityTrails: https://securitytrails.com/domain/France.com/whois https://securitytrails.com/domain/France.com/whois Showing Network Solutions for a long time then switched to OVH in March.
- jsjohnst 9y agoCorrect, I saw that. Network Solutions wasn’t bought by Web.com until 2011, and had Ars fact checked via a quick Wikipedia search they’d know this too. I don’t fault the owner (former I guess) of France.com, I fault Ars for not doing basic fact checking.