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To: John Koligman who wrote (30123)7/30/1998 2:38:00 PM
From: Dan Proctor  Read Replies (2) of 97611
 
Hi John,
"... Compaq paid $3.5 million for the right to the altavista.com domain name (Digital, believe it or not, never owned the name; the site is found at altavista.digital.com)."

Not exactly PowerBall, but someone hit the jackpot with that $100 investment to register the domain name!

Dan
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