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Offline CMC Airboss

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« on: January 19, 2004, 01:25:55 PM »
What will 17 year olds come up with next???

from CNN

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- It's Microsoft versus Mike Rowe-soft.

Rowe, a 17-year-old high school senior and Web designer from Victoria, has angered the software giant by registering an Internet site with the address http://www.MikeRoweSoft.com.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/19/offbeat.mike.rowe.soft.ap/index.html


MiG
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Offline XNachoX

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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2004, 01:28:27 PM »
"He wrote back asking to be compensated for giving up his name. Microsoft's lawyers offered him $10 in U.S. funds. Then he asked for $10,000. "

hahahahahahahahaha :D
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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2004, 01:30:04 PM »
The word here is 'haggling'.
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2004, 02:37:21 PM »
LOL
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2004, 02:55:42 PM »
Copyright infringement.. ehh?
Give me a break for christ sake :rofl

MS needs to pull out their heads from their arses.
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Offline SOB

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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2004, 03:11:53 PM »
Go Microsoft!  Obviously, anyone going to mikerowesoft.com would be completely baffled and actually think they were at microsoft.com.  I can see why they're upset!
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2004, 03:27:35 PM »
If you can not spell Microsoft.. thats your own fault.  MS should go jump in the lake for that one..
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Offline mrblack

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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2004, 03:29:18 PM »
Bill gates is going under the ebonics ruling of 1998 LOL.
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Offline gofaster

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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2004, 03:38:23 PM »
I think the real issue is that he added "soft" to the end of his name in order to poke fun at Microsoft.  Sure, he can keep his name "Mike Rowe", but he deliberately added "soft" to the end to draw a comparison to Microsoft.  That's called "willful intent" in legal circles. :)
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2004, 03:55:42 PM »
Hehehe!

Next Microsoft will be going after PeopleSoft which happens to be the #1 HR software in the US.

http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/public_index.jsp

The only problem is PeopleSoft is HUGE... they have an army of lawyers.

Poor MikeRoweSoft --- can you say SQUISH!
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Offline mrblack

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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2004, 06:07:19 PM »
ACLU will tear old Bill up on this one I think.
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Offline REVGST

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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2004, 08:33:12 PM »
God, Micrsoft is a bunch of tards!lmao.  And then they b*tch and complain about 10K, that is nothing to billy gates.  They should just give Mike his quick fix and leave us alone with their World Domination.

As Noted bya Robin Williams stand up act:

JUDGE: Are you aware that you have created a monoply Mr. Gates?

Gates: Monoply is only a game your honor, I'm after the whole fluff'n world.
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2004, 12:41:09 AM »
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Originally posted by mrblack
ACLU will tear old Bill up on this one I think.



Since when does the ACLU give a rat's bellybutton about Canadians?
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Offline Estes

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« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2004, 12:50:37 AM »
Wow! Ten dollars!

Hey, I would have taken it.. Microsoft actually gave money to someone. :)
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2004, 01:43:20 AM »
Buh. 10 bucks doesnt even cover all the necessary steps to claim the domain and set it up for good.. let alone the need to re-advertise a new address and loss caused by the change!
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