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Dot-com Madness

As web developers, we find all the "dot-com" madness interesting... the most recent article from Austin American Statesman reports:

"The Boston-based company's game plan: Secure desirable domain names first, and then develop appropriate businesses around them. "

Sounds a bit backwards... but domain names are a website's identity. The situation around are a little better but not much.

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