Academia.edu Raises $4.5 Million To Help Researchers Share Their Papers (techcrunch.com) 9 points by kieumy 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] ebzlo 14y ago ↗ Probably irrelevant, but how did they obtain that TLD? [–] psawaya 14y ago ↗ Probably grandfathered in. Before 2001, anyone could register a .edu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu#Eligibility [–] psawaya2 14y ago ↗ Err, apparently it wasn't quite open registration, but the restrictions were looser.(I wanted to edit this in, but the noprocrast filter kicked in right after I posted the comment! Funny.) [–] RichardPrice 14y ago ↗ See http://www.quora.com/How-did-Academia.edu-get-the-.edu-domai...
[–] psawaya 14y ago ↗ Probably grandfathered in. Before 2001, anyone could register a .edu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu#Eligibility [–] psawaya2 14y ago ↗ Err, apparently it wasn't quite open registration, but the restrictions were looser.(I wanted to edit this in, but the noprocrast filter kicked in right after I posted the comment! Funny.)
[–] psawaya2 14y ago ↗ Err, apparently it wasn't quite open registration, but the restrictions were looser.(I wanted to edit this in, but the noprocrast filter kicked in right after I posted the comment! Funny.)
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