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Where did start.com get its name?

April 14, 2006 Apr 14, 2006 04/14/06

Raymond Chen

I remember some time ago getting a piece of email that basically said, "Hey, is anybody using start.com?" I have since learned that that domain was registered by the marketing department, presumably to "synergize" with the "Start Me Up" campaign or something like that, but nothing ever happened with it. Nevertheless the registration kept ...