Google acquired the domain when they bought On2, a video code company which was originally called the Duck Corporation. @yegg (founder of DDG) tried to buy it

Google acquired the domain when they bought On2, a video code company which was originally called the Duck Corporation. @yegg (founder of DDG) tried to buy it from Google in 2010. He gave his take on it the last time this was posted to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4817812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4817812