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Apple.com is 20 years old today.

whoisd.com — Yes, 19th February 1987, Apple.com was first registered. Happy 20th, Apple!

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  • Lexus30, on 10/12/2007, -7/+85Wow, I turned 21 today! Alright, we share the same birthday!

    ...but im not so sure that I want to be telling everyone that I share my birthday with a webpage . . .
  • trry96, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38Just 1 more year Apple
  • subxero37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Except they'd all be things like "17money.com" and "free-spyware-checker-for-free.net" and "freewareawesomeamazingscreensavers.com" ...
  • TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29It's weird to think they had the internet in the 80's.
  • Culled, on 10/12/2007, -11/+36"The first site was up in 1991, yet Apple managed to get theirs up more than 4 and a half years earlier? please. The fanboyism is sickening."
    The domain was registered in 1987, believe it or not the internet did exist before the World Wide Web.

    Edit: Crap I clicked reply on the wrong comment.
  • rhyskeepence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24HTTP did not exist, however TCP/IP and DNS have been around since the early 80s. SMTP, FTP, NNTP, etc, was "the Internet" in those times.
  • subxero37, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22I think that *any* domain that is 20 years old and still in use is worth having a story written about it -- it just so happens that they picked Apple's domain name, because it's something so many people know and can relate to. It works well.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18WWW didn't exist 20 years ago.

    In 1987, Apple.com would have been used for email, Usenet, FTP, and what ever other network services they felt like running.

    Here's the first Usenet message from an Apple.com address, from April 23, 1987:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/329de2778279e049?dmode=source

    And here's the first Usenet message the specifically mentions FTP into apple.com:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.programmer/msg/6e66346bbb5831c4?dmode=source
  • JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17There seems to be a misconception in this thread that before the web, domain names were pointless. People still used domain names to set up FTP repositories where people could download manuals, jpgs, all forms of files useful for that business. People used Archie domains to search, Gopher to access media from various domains in a way similar to the web, telnet to get to other machines on the internet, email addresses/usenet groups for message exchanging. Domains were useful for all of this.

    Even more shocking: Windows 3.1 did not have "built-in" internet access. You had to download software to implement TCP/IP connectivity. (Trumpet Winsock for a lot of people)

    If you search some of the usenet archives using google groups, you can find messages from apple.com dating back to '89.
  • HAKdragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Since a number of people can't seem to understand the concept of pre-web domain names, I question the age and general knowledge of a lot of the people on digg.
  • MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14So sell the damn thing (that you didn't pay anything beyond a raffle ticket for it) and buy something you like better. Just stop whining about it.

    Also, newsflash, Apple no longer has one-button mice for sale for their computers. Welcome to the 21st century. One button mouse jokes went out with blend jokes.
  • subxero37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12What's so hard about using gtkpod? You're obviously using some form of Linux/UNIX (mount points, the cp utility) so you can install gtkpod, and it'll (very easily) do all of the work for you. (Sometimes, no matter how 1337 you think you are, a GUI just makes sense. The command line doesn't make you leet.)
  • emailingRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12lol, Cayman.com (registered 11/16/1987) is bearing the message "New Site Coming Soon!".

    Makes you wonder how long it's been like that.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13sheesh girls born in 1987 are in their 20s. I am ready die now.
  • Matrixsjd, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18Simplex42

    Obviously you don't know the difference between "Registered" and having site up do you?
  • ddrace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12... and let's not forget email! I've had an email address since 1985 or so.
  • digga, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@fliz

    There was no WWW in 1987 therefore no "picture of the original site" is possible.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10@superpotential

    Get the ***** over yourself.

    Why are you using linux if you can't figure this ***** out? If you want to use scripts to load you MP3 player, then running rebuild_db as an extra step isn't an issue for normal people. If you want to use gtkpod then you have no business complaining about iTunes. If your music collection is so simple that you just organize it in static folders then you don't need an iPod.
  • jbella, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Not only did Apple register their domain in 1987, I believe they are also one of the few companies that own a class A address.
  • RedStateRetard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9does anyone know why apple still keeps the mammals.org domain?
  • ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17nerds everywhere are putting 20 candles on their mac mini
  • rakslice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8And while we're on the topic of the early 90's Internet: Has anyone else noticed that IE has abandoned support for gopher? No? Well, all right then... ;)
  • Lexus30, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14So "apple.com" wasnt REGISTERED in '87?
  • aristotle0dude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8MSFT believed that everyone would be using their MSN dialup service instead of the internet.

    I remember using it with windows 95. It was horrible.
  • tdowling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Jeez, superpotential. If you don't like OS X, don't be bitter that it's not catering to your important needs - just ***** stick to Linux. Every OS is restrictive, just in different ways - it depends on what you're used to. But for the record, I would imagine that 99.5% of computer users out there will never need to open two instances of an application.

    Oh, and an iPod doesn't have to be wiped clean when connected to another computer...for maximum usability, just set it to manually manage music and enable disk use. It doesn't matter to me that I need to use iTunes to transfer songs over...that's never even come close to causing me any grief.
  • adz999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6its true l33t linux hax0r cant put music on an ipod, my 6 year old sister can put music on an ipod!
    One question - superpotential - Why are you so *****?
  • carolinaws, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11The title of the page reads "The 100 Oldest Currently Registered .COM Domain Names" - emphasis on "currently registered". Meaning these domains are currently in use today. You do not need a web browser to register a domain name. Call any registrar and ask them if they can register it for you over the phone. I'm guessing these companies were advised of the direction of technology and were encouraged to be an early adopter. I would like to think of it like buying a Yellow Pages ad - you don't know if someone will use it but it's good to have it in case.

    My 2ยข...
  • randomgeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The *story* is about the Top 100 Oldest .COM Domain Names, not about Apple. Try reading the article before replying next time, asscrack.
  • MacBastard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Well, they didn't use it for a web page until the mid to late 90's, but they were one of the first companies to use internet email, ftp, and news. Dealing with Apple employees way back in the early 90's, I got business cards with their apple.com email addresses. When we needed support, we had the option of logging into their news server, but the company I worked for at the time didn't have internet access. We relied on the ancient technology of the fax-back system that Apple had back then for product information and support.

    The Bastard
  • mookiemookie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6According to the Internet Archive, since Dec. 16, 2005. Maybe they're just running a little behind?
  • MacBastard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I used to use eWorld - it was an online service using a modified AOL client that Apple licensed from them. It was pretty cool and one of the only pleasant online services around. It cost the same as AOL, but without the AOLuser crap.

    It was like night and day if you were a Mac user and switched over from AOL. No abuse from PC users and just nice people to chat with. Everyone on the service thought of it as an oasis in a PC desert, a place where we weren't berated just because we liked one type of computer system better than another. User support and downloads were just a couple of clicks away. You could chat directly with Apple support at certain times of the day, too.

    That was the last on-line service I had before I decided to switch to a pure ISP after Gil Amelio, one of many Apple CEOs before Jobs, canceled eWorld. I sure as hell wasn't going back to AOL.

    The Bastard
  • digga, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7No WWW in 1987....
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Oh, and here's the first Usenet message from an apple.uucp address, from July 20, 1984:
    http://groups.google.com/group/net.micro/msg/34bd5acbab001227?dmode=source
  • randomgeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. A Linux user, using Gentoo no less, can't figure out how to get music on his iPod. Haha, classic. How much you want to bet he's all over other forums, maybe even Digg, talking about how he is teh uber h4x0r who compiles all his own ***** in Gentoo. Come to find out the asscrack can't even get music on to the one device that is universally accepted as being the easiest to use.

    Classic. *shakes head*
  • zlintux, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5SMTP == email
    And if there is any doubt, a simple whois on apple.com should solve it:
    Created on..............: 1987-Feb-19.
    Expires on..............: 2009-Feb-19.
    Record last updated on..: 2007-Jan-18 04:08:20.
  • woojoo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10I'm not lying
    http://applerecon.com/2007/01/23/apple-special-event-on-february-20/
    http://www.macrumors.com/2007/01/23/apple-special-event-on-february-20th/
  • SEN5241, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oh yes! I remember those heady days: Trumpet winsock on my Win3.1 and something on the remote UNIX host to convert a slip account to a PPP
    account.

    Then you open up Netscape and hope to get a web page.
  • MacBastard, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Wow, I guess Apple thought that internet thing was more important than Microsoft did.

    Domain Name: MICROSOFT.COM
    Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
    Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
    Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com
    Name Server: NS3.MSFT.NET
    Name Server: NS1.MSFT.NET
    Name Server: NS5.MSFT.NET
    Name Server: NS2.MSFT.NET
    Name Server: NS4.MSFT.NET
    Status: clientTransferProhibited
    Status: clientUpdateProhibited
    Status: clientDeleteProhibited
    Updated Date: 10-oct-2006
    Creation Date: 02-may-1991
    Expiration Date: 03-may-2014

    Not until May of 1991?

    The Bastard
  • Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have to say, I doubt you are the target market. Why not put something together yourself with a spare hard disk, a battery pack and some audio components?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3superpotential, you are a failure. You can't make linux work, you can't make OSX work, and I'm just going to hazard a guess that you couldn't make Windows work either. FAIL. Either get a clue or get rid of your computer.
  • natjo1986, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It was 20 years ago today. Wozy taught a computer to play. Though they've being going in and out of style they are guaranteed to raise a smile. So may I introduce to you the one only MacBook Pro. Steve and Wozzies Apple computer show!
  • Scarblac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's about a domain name, not about a web site. So asking for a picture of the site is nonsensical.

    DNS is about a decade older than the WWW; domain names are used for lots of other things.
  • mikew101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow! Preorder OS 8. I have been using OS X for so long now that I have tried to forget about os 8/9 or even worst system 7.
  • Garageband, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Earliest version of Apples homepage I can find without any missing images

    http://web.archive.org/web/19970404064352/http://www.apple.com/
  • dojonz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3iMammals, duh. New super breed of mammals running OS X.
  • legendxx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4why arn't you getting drunk.
  • rakslice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@jbella

    Apple's class A netblock (17.0.0.0/8) is a bit younger than their domain name; according to the whois record it turns 18 on April 16th.
  • zacharygriggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2you've been listening to Merlin Mann again haven't you?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's a good thing that stargate.com has nothing to do with the movie then.
  • ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Nothing to do with the 1981 videogame either:
    http://klov.com/game_detail.php?&game_id=9780
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