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Story: MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back

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David v Goliath

I have been computing since the early days of DOS and undoubtedly we would not be where we are today without Bill Gates and his Microsoft team. Some of the knocking of Microsoft is obviously justified and most large corporations are going to have their ups and downs in more ways than one!

However I wonder if Bill Gates really knows what his “protection” team have let him and his Corporation, in for this time, or even knew what they were up to, until this media hype and bush telegraph sprung into action? The news has even been distributed better than a Highway Patrol “APB”. As a result of the bad press they have created, maybe some heads will be rolling (a la French guillotine), and the sooner Mike Rowe receives substantial compensation and a suitable apology the better. The cost in real terms to give him a six or seven figure settlement is negligible to the likes of Microsoft and the goodwill gained at this late stage will far outweigh any expenditure.

The alternative is to let Mike Rowe continue with his web site with a disclaimer at the top and a live link to Microsoft for anybody silly enough to have accessed his web development company by mistake. Hopefully there would be a company out there, should Mike Rowe agree, that could assist him on a profit sharing basis with the massive increase in web site design business that will result from all this publicity.

In case anybody out there knows what is happening with “mikeroesoft.com” registered by Popular Enterprises they could let us all know. What is even more surprising is that Simon & Schuster published “Bill Gates’ Personal Super Secret Private Laptop – A Microspoof – don’tell what’s inside” in 1998. I have several copies and am making them available on Ebay – with 50% of the selling price to Mike Rowe’s fighting fund.

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