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jvdvegt 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: We all dodged a bullet

What about aka.ms, which is a valid domain for Microsoft. Why didn't they use microsoft.com, or windows.com? I always wonder if this aka is short for 'also known as'.

dymk 9 months ago [–]

They use that domain name because it’s used for short links

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