Historical info on how 'x.com' came to be registered

Gaurav Kansal gaurav.kansal at nic.in
Sat Jul 29 05:06:43 UTC 2023



> On 29-Jul-2023, at 01:04, johnl at iecc.com wrote:
> 
> It appears that Drew Weaver <drew.weaver at thenap.com> said:
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>> Does anyone have any historical information on how 'x.com' came to be registered even though single letters were reserved?
>> 
>> Is there a story or is it as simple as it was registered prior to the reservation?
> 
> Here's a story about its history.  It's very old, from 1992.
> 
> https://jimmysoni.substack.com/p/the-colorful-history-of-xcom-aka

Interesting and informative one.
Who knows ‘q’ and ‘z’ nowadays ?? 

Regards,
Gaurav 
> 
> R's,
> John



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