Mikerowsoft won against Microsoft. :-)

[FrustratedUser]

On CNN now.

Microsoft backed down and said they might have taken this to far.

 

[Triumph]

hahahahahaha, good. stupid bully.

 

[Ness]

CNN.com article

 

[NFS4]

said they might have taken this to far.

Ya think?

 

[Wuffsunie]

LOL!! Sweet!

Though I am saddened that it was MS backing out when they realized how stupid they looked in the press as opposed to a judge smacking them down and throwing out the case for how moronic it was.

 

[Amused]

I think what happened is MS's legal team was on auto-pilot and got stomped on when the top brass at MS heard the news stories.

 

[Ness]

"That said, we appreciate that Mike Rowe is a young entrepreneur who came up with a creative domain name. We are currently in the process of resolving this matter in a way that will be fair to him and satisfy our obligations under trademark law."

So they haven't backed down, but rather they are looking for a way to tack this on as a trademark infringement.


Well, in any case, it looks like his 15 minutes is almost up.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: Amused
I think what happened is MS's legal team was on auto-pilot and got stomped on when the top brass at MS heard the news stories.

Probably a safe bet. I really hope someone lost their job over this. Idiots.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I thought he got an Xbox.

 

[CraigRT]

wow, the little guy totally owned in this round!
wicked!! go us! lol

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I thought he got an Xbox.

Yeah, I thought he settled (for peanuts, I might add) and was selling the transcripts on ebay.

 

[Yax]

10 Grand? I would've asked for a whole lot more. Shows how much the kid knows about biz.

 

[Lager]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAA

They offered him $10 for the name.

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I thought he got an Xbox.

Yeah, I thought he settled (for peanuts, I might add) and was selling the transcripts on ebay.

yeah...

 

[arcenite]

wewt

 

[rh71]

WTF, look at the date of this post. Thanks Wink... good one.

 

[trmiv]

Here is an updated story.

In exchange for transferring control of his domain name, the software maker has promised to help Rowe set up a new Web site; pay for a Microsoft certification course and subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network Web site; and pay for his family to visit Microsoft Research Tech Fest in Redmond, Wash., in March. To top it all off, he will get an Xbox with some games.

 

[conjur]

Good!