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One of the key factors for us was trademark ability. Looking at the dropbox issue mentioned below supports this. Dropbox.com was registered in 1995 by someone who wasn't using it, but was acquired after (possibly as a result of) a lawsuit by the owners of the dropbox service...

We fail on greppability, possibly googlablitly (17million results) and verb ability. But we win on the rest.



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