I was lucky enough to attend the 25th Anniversary of .com Gala last Wednesday night, where VeriSign honored some of the people responsible for the incredible success of the Internet.

The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the first domain name registration (symbolics.com) began in March with the Policy Impact Forum in D.C. I was on business travel that week so I wasn’t able to attend the event – which was a huge bummer for me because the keynote address was given by Dr. Fareed Zakaria and headlined by President Bill Clinton. Luckily for me, I wasn’t already booked so I was able to attend Wednesday’s dinner in San Francisco. The event was hosted by comedian Dana Carvey – but Scott McNealy gave him a run for the money to see who could get more laughs. Scott’s “top 10ish” list of reasons why he was surprised we were celebrating the 25th anniversary had me cracking up.

You can read more about the 25th anniversary and all the things VeriSign is doing to celebrate it here.