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Interesting history: VeriSign acquired Netsol for $21 Billion in 2000, and then sold them to Pivotal Equity Group in 2003, but did not include in that sale Nets
by mef 15y ago
Interesting history: VeriSign acquired Netsol for $21 Billion in 2000, and then sold them to Pivotal Equity Group in 2003, but did not include in that sale Netsol's role as the sole registry for .com/net/org TLDs. Today VeriSign's naming division is the company’s "largest and most significant business unit".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeriSign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeriSign
- techsupporter 15y agoMinor nit: .org is run by Public Interest Registry and operated by Afilias. That TLD was removed from VeriSign's management in 2003 after VeriSign's contract expired. http://www.internic.net/faqs/org-transition.html http://www.internic.net/faqs/org-transition.html
- wmf 15y agoVeriSign was founded as the monopoly SSL CA, then they expanded by buying the monopoly .com registry. Now they're divesting any business units that aren't a monopoly (like the NetSol registrar part or the SSL part) because it brings down their profit margins.