MikeRoweSoft Settles with Microsoft
January 26, 2004 10:57 AM Subscribe
MikeRoweSoft Settles with Microsoft for an XBox
Mike Rowe had a website named after himself that was alot like the mega-corp.
MS wanted to give him $10 to change the domain, he wanted $10k. They settled on a trip to Redmond, some traffic redirection and an XBox.
Followup to this thread.
Mike Rowe had a website named after himself that was alot like the mega-corp.
MS wanted to give him $10 to change the domain, he wanted $10k. They settled on a trip to Redmond, some traffic redirection and an XBox.
Followup to this thread.
I wonder what's going to happen to mikkosoft.com...
posted by ikalliom at 11:07 AM on January 26, 2004
posted by ikalliom at 11:07 AM on January 26, 2004
Cool, I'm going to run right out and register MyCrowSoft.com so I can get a free X-Box.
posted by briank at 11:46 AM on January 26, 2004
posted by briank at 11:46 AM on January 26, 2004
MyCrowSoft.com so I can get a free X-Box.
You're Brian Krow(sic)? Mr. Row used his birth name.
posted by thomcatspike at 11:54 AM on January 26, 2004
You're Brian Krow(sic)? Mr. Row used his birth name.
posted by thomcatspike at 11:54 AM on January 26, 2004
Rowe's new Web site [which MS helped provide], which is called MikeRoweForums.com, already has more than 700 members and carries advertising banners for file-sharing service Warez P2P.
That's too funny.
posted by krinklyfig at 12:29 PM on January 26, 2004
That's too funny.
posted by krinklyfig at 12:29 PM on January 26, 2004
You're Brian Krow(sic)?
I could be if it would score me a freebie.
posted by briank at 12:33 PM on January 26, 2004
I could be if it would score me a freebie.
posted by briank at 12:33 PM on January 26, 2004
Microsoft wins. They showered him with MS toys, MS training, and MS conferences. They recruited the guy as his settlement!
posted by Succa at 12:54 PM on January 26, 2004
posted by Succa at 12:54 PM on January 26, 2004
Last time I checked, MS certs cost a little more than an X-Box.
posted by cnx at 1:30 PM on January 26, 2004
posted by cnx at 1:30 PM on January 26, 2004
Hey, look! Huge Corporation threatens harmless teenager with multi-liar legal brief, PR department has hissy fit, Huge Corporation finds someone who remembers how to play a human being.
Takes me back to "Who Breaks a Butterfly On a Wheel"
posted by Twang at 2:11 PM on January 26, 2004
Takes me back to "Who Breaks a Butterfly On a Wheel"
posted by Twang at 2:11 PM on January 26, 2004
So all I need now is for them to produce a software package called ShonBanForth, and I'll get that XBox I never wanted. Crosses Fingers; holds breath in anticipation.
posted by seanyboy at 3:25 PM on January 26, 2004
posted by seanyboy at 3:25 PM on January 26, 2004
~I heard he was thisclose to renaming his website sunmikerowesystems.com after the settlement.~
posted by bradlands at 5:32 PM on January 26, 2004
posted by bradlands at 5:32 PM on January 26, 2004
Is it true he suffers from mikerowephallus and mikerowecephaly? Or perhaps, in light of his settlement, mikeroweorchidism...
posted by stonerose at 6:17 PM on January 26, 2004
posted by stonerose at 6:17 PM on January 26, 2004
Damn. I thought he would have done far better. Pity.
posted by LouReedsSon at 9:17 PM on January 26, 2004
posted by LouReedsSon at 9:17 PM on January 26, 2004
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A right, in perpetuity, to install and run any and all Microsoft software for free.
Doesn't cost a dime, and guarantees no more BSA audits! Woohoo!
posted by shepd at 11:00 AM on January 26, 2004