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Story: MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 21 January 2004, 6:17 AM)
Anti-MS.. how fresh and interesting !
If Microsoft did nothing and the domain was used maliciously then everyone would be up in arms over their inaction - eitherway they cant win.
Mike Rowe must have known full well he was likely to come up in the MS radar when he registered the domain and sure enough I see the anti-MS gang have all blindly jumped on board as usual.
Yes they acted heavily handed but bear in mind there are alot of illiterate computer users who MIGHT be duped by this - they saw a potential threat and went for it as any company would.
This comes down to what you deem as acceptible content - if Mr.Rowe put pornography up on it or started spamming there wouldnt be any fuss or "evil MS" rubbish. If he puts up some software then its okay... ?. Free speech is about drawing no distinctions.
Funny how *no one* has mentioned the behaviour of a certain soft drink maker regarding the image of a *vending machine* in a amateur computer game. That was alot more ridiculous than this but they arent MS so they dont get the juicy Zdnet headline of course - that would require proper research.
Full Talkback thread
Story: MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
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Dear Mike,
Just to let u know u have more than en... Anonymous -
Micro's Soft Thinking!
Think of the legal fees... PennyFrazier
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I just read that one reader 'correctly' feels Micr... Anonymous
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I hope Billy Boy Gates is happy now that the blund... Anonymous
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Microsoft are forever throwing their weight around... Anonymous
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Microsoft ought to just buy Mike's site for the $1... mark ginzo
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I don't care about Microsoft or Mikerowesoft, I am... Anonymous
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Think about visually impaired people. If some tex... Anonymous
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I think its great that so many people are offering... Anonymous
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Good On U Mike!!! There should be no problem! Aft... Michael Miller
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Its all about principle. Mike Rowe cannot deny th... Anonymous
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Well you also cannot deny that his name is Mike Ro... Anonymous
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Make your new domain name public before Microsoft... John Normanton
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Amazing - we should all start registering similar... Maurice Clarke
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Sorry but how is his site an infringement? u might... Anonymous
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I don't care about Microsoft or Mikerowesoft, I am... Anonymous
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Just goes to show how sad and desperate Microsoft... Anonymous
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MS is on solid legal ground, but $10? That's the... Anonymous
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Go for it Mike ...... you didn't start out with th... Hugh Janue
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Mike, you fight for your site. After all its your... Anonymous
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Good on you Mike!
Lets face it, if its such a prob... Mike N
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Haha! Pure jokers, keep up the good work mike Seren
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Hey Mike
I wish you all the luck in the world, if... James Barnwell
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Go Mike!!! IS that U Garner?? Well see u on L4Y!!... Dan Goodyear (Dan Killer on L4Y)
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Microsoft Suck.
Just how low are these people goin... James HIll
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I'm still with you Mike, let's realy piss Billy Bo... james barnwell
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gets the facts straight guys.. Mike Rowe lives in... glenn letham
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Hope microsoft sees there dumb (microsoft that is)... Anonymous
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I think that Microsoft is making too much of a dea... Brian Li
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Anti-MS.. how fresh and interesting !
If Microsoft... Anonymous -
Ha ha. I think all of this is absolutely hilariou... Anonymous
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Poor Mike. Can see why Microsoft have to take acti... Rykan
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David v Goliath
I have been computing since the ea... Anonymous
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this story can spin bigger and badder?Yes. It may... John Lo
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When does MS sue Viagra? They cure the micro-soft... angered canadian
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MS doesn't have anything better to do, do they? P... Adam
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I think that is totally stupid - Who does microsof... Greg
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Should not have messed with Bill Gates, that basta... mAcrosoft
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Voicing my support of Mike Rowe. Let the little g... linux user
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interesting story...
...however, i think that addi... boron lester
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First they make bad software, then they try t... Joe Bloggs
