I think it's symbolics.com Just see the whois: Expiration Date: 2016-03-16 Creation Date: 1985-03-15 Last Update Date: 2006-12-20 http://who.is/whois-com/ip-address/symbolics.com/ But it's weird that the registrar is network solutions, which appears to be registered in 1998...
Here is a part of the first 100 | Currently Registered .COM Domains (last updated 1/25/2003) Create Date Domain Name 03/15/1985 SYMBOLICS.COM 04/24/1985 BBN.COM 05/24/1985 THINK.COM 07/11/1985 MCC.COM 09/30/1985 DEC.COM 11/07/1985 NORTHROP.COM 01/09/1986 XEROX.COM 01/17/1986 SRI.COM 03/03/1986 HP.COM 03/05/1986 BELLCORE.COM 03/19/1986 IBM.COM 03/19/1986 SUN.COM 03/25/1986 INTEL.COM 03/25/1986 TI.COM 04/25/1986 ATT.COM 05/08/1986 GMR.COM 05/08/1986 TEK.COM 07/10/1986 FMC.COM 07/10/1986 UB.COM 08/05/1986 BELL-ATL.COM 08/05/1986 GE.COM 08/05/1986 GREBYN.COM 08/05/1986 ISC.COM 08/05/1986 NSC.COM 08/05/1986 STARGATE.COM 09/02/1986 BOEING.COM 09/18/1986 ITCORP.COM 09/29/1986 SIEMENS.COM 10/18/1986 PYRAMID.COM 10/27/1986 ALPHACDC.COM 10/27/1986 BDM.COM 10/27/1986 FLUKE.COM 10/27/1986 INMET.COM 10/27/1986 KESMAI.COM 10/27/1986 MENTOR.COM 10/27/1986 NEC.COM 10/27/1986 RAY.COM 10/27/1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM 10/27/1986 VORTEX.COM you can see the rest here http://www.whoisd.com/oldestcom.php Google.com Creation Date: 15-sep-1997 Yahoo.com Creation Date: 18-jan-1995 MSN.com Creation Date: 10-nov-1994 MSN wins Cheers James
Not weird. It just means that Network Solutions is the current registrar. Not necessarily the first. They must have renewed the domain later, with Network Solutions.