The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference closed in Santa Clara, California, a few hours after Skenzo/Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia provided the high point of the week by purchasing Ad.com for $1.4 million.
Next, in a conference first, Dr. Paul Mockapetris, the man who designed the domain name system, took the stage as a special guest speaker. Mockapetris recounted the fascinating history of how he was given the opportunity to play such a key role in Internet history while still a graduate student at the University of Southern California.
In one particularly amusing anecdote, Dr. Mockapetris recalled that the original idea was to use ccTLDS only. When some members of the small group charged with setting up the system kept pressing for gTLDs as well, those who had opposed it finally relented, saying ".com will never amount to anything anyhow." I'll have more on Dr. Mockapetris's talk in our comprehensive show review article that will be published late next week.
Total reported sales jumped 32% from the fourth quarter of 2008 (from $21.5 million to $28.3 million).
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