Morning Folks!!
As you know I often talk about Historical Parallels and how it relates to business and how you can take that parallel and see things you never saw before. And when you do that opportunity appears and you can take advantage of things first and if you do that you put yourself in a position to make money or at least have a really good idea of how things might unfold.
Well my very oldest, dearest friend Dave, sent me the very oldest parallel I have ever found. It is quite the story. I hope you enjoy a little Jewish humor! Sorry DomainGang! Thanks Dave!
Rick Schwartz
In ancient Israel , it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dorothy.
Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
To prevent neighbouring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP).
And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it came to be known.
He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
"YAHOO," said Abraham.
And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as G*d's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
That is how it all began. And that's the truth....
Yuck Yuck!
Didn't like it? I can sell you a sense of humor. ;-)
Enjoy the day!!
DavidC
Meanwhile their friends Jeri and Dorothy Co started a construction business. Sadly there were problems with the foundations : Dot Co put in a lot of effort early on but then weakened and the walls of Jeri Co came tumbling down.
It wasn’t helped by hundreds of people next door in the Great Temptation Little Demand apartment block – they partied day and night for months on end, resulting in a noisy unintelligible Tower of Babel. When asked why he was doing it, one of the GTLDers replied “Because ICANN”.
As for Daniel the Domainer, he didn’t know what all this chaos and confusion meant for his portfolio : it felt as he if he was in the lion’s den.
The only safe place was with Abraham and his wife, Dot Com. It was touching and reassuring as, each year on their anniversary, Abraham renewed his vows to Dot Com. Their son looked on as he did so, shouting “Go, Daddy ! Are you happy, father ?”, to which Abraham replied “Veri, zon”.
Then of course there was Moses : all he cared about was playing with new technology. If only he could find a lighter tablet …
Domenclature.com
impressive, domain king and DavidC…..me like
Homero A. Gonzalez
Boys and Girls, please do not forget the inventor of the Internet, Al Gore… none of this story would have been possible without him…
Wait a second….. he is not Jewish! http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=10
Something is not right……. ??? anybody???
** Loved the post, Rick!! Lol!!
Danny Pryor
The acronyms are just hilarious. I loved “Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators” as YAHOO. My question is, what if the Hitites had been involved, would that be YAHOO Ver 2.0, and would it fail? Of course, we should do this with other real-life story lines, particularly early ‘net companies. That would be a modern gas! LOL!
@Homero: The Al Gore joke is a bit worn. He did sponsor the legislation that opened up the DNS system to the civilian world, beginning in the 1970’s. Say what you will about him, he did have a vision in that regard.
Anita
lol. loved this one… David C, WOW, was that all original?