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RealNames Closing Shop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the huge-surprise dept.

The_THOMAS writes: "The company RealNames, which tried to make a buck off of the domain name gold rush by adding their own layer on top of the ICANN system, is going out of business (Full story here). To review, the RealNames system is a browser plugin which redirects a user who types 'cookies' in the IE address bar to Nabisco.com. The reason for the closure appears to be the decision by M$ to NOT renew their agreement with RealNames which expires in June."

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  1. In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny

    HA HA!

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  2. yaargh by Iamthefallen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes I am probably being a bit picky, but seriously, using M$ instead of MS is getting really old. If M$ is to be the way we spell it then I suggest spelling Linux as [h4h4h4, I pwnz0r j00 suxxz0rz!1!1!]
    *BSD should be: [j00 st00pid "h4h4h4, I pwnz0r j00 suxxz0rz!1!1!" n00bs! we pwn j00 4ll!!!11!111!!1!1]
    This way it will be more consistent and easier to understand just which company or OS someone is referring to, thank you for your cooperation

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  3. what?! by NotAnotherReboot · · Score: 3, Funny

    how the hell do I get to nabisco's site now?

  4. Re:Good by raju1kabir · · Score: 3, Funny

    Honestly, it couldn't have happened to a stupider pack of schmucks. The business model was straight off an insane asylum rec-room wall, and their shrill arguments in its support made them (at least any of them who dared show their virtual faces in public) sound like they were holding first class tickets to Jonestown, for all the irrational yet fervent defensiveness they spurted out.

    Add to that, of course, that their company's sole goal was to make money off the forced Balkanization of the internet. Sort of an online Slobodan Milosevic.

    This news truly makes my week. Beers are on me tonight. Nobody at the bar will know what the hell I'm talking about, but that's probably for the better.

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  5. Re:Good by eugene+ts+wong · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm going to miss them quite a lot. I used to type in, "MyFavouritePlaceToTrollOnTheInternetForNerds", instead of just clicking on a bookmark on my personal bar, and then I'd arrive at "www.slashdot.org".

    ;^p

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  6. Re:I just use Google by forged · · Score: 2, Funny
    And if you use Netscape Navigator (ok let the flames come),

    ...wait a minute, does anyone out there still uses Netscape ?