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Microsoft takes over MikeRoweSoft!

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Post January 26th, 2004, 2:26 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html

Gotta love it!
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Post January 26th, 2004, 2:26 pm

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Post January 26th, 2004, 2:30 pm

And to top it off, Bill Gates is to receive honorary knighthood! *lmao

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4057742/
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Post January 26th, 2004, 4:08 pm

Lol, thats sad......
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Post January 26th, 2004, 4:09 pm

The irony is as thick as mud pie.
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Post January 26th, 2004, 6:40 pm

wow thats one lucky kid. their paying for the new name. redirecting traffic, Xbox, traning, and going to a festivel. I wish i though of that.
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Post January 26th, 2004, 6:45 pm

just for an xbox and that stuff, i wouldnt take it i would keep it and ask for 10 million dollars. lol greedy me
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Post January 26th, 2004, 6:46 pm

Which is why you'd end up with nothing, and Micro$oft would get the name anyway.
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Post January 26th, 2004, 6:47 pm

Lol, just try something similar if you want some free stuff :). Like you know...

"My-cro-sopht" < patent pending! :evil:
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Post January 26th, 2004, 7:22 pm

I'm sure you guys realized there was no mention of how much money was involved in the deal, right?
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Post January 26th, 2004, 7:24 pm

i noticed. I just also noticed that they were offering him classes and other stuff. i never noticed money being offered

edit:other than the $10 USD offered
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Post January 26th, 2004, 7:57 pm

he is getting reimbursed for all his domain changed expenditures. Other then that MS made sure he got no money, and gave him things they could easily part with.
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Post January 26th, 2004, 9:42 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:
And to top it off, Bill Gates is to receive honorary knighthood!


Lets hope they swing that sword a little too hard so we may all have a little comfort as yet another virus spreads across the Internet this week.
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Post January 27th, 2004, 5:39 am

Lezzi Fair all the way, go microsoft
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Post January 27th, 2004, 4:40 pm

aww, http://www.mycrowissoft.com is taken, must find another way to get at microsoft...

PS: http://www.mycrowissoft.com is not my site, so don't bugger me if you find anything there, I haven't even bothered looking at it
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Post January 27th, 2004, 7:23 pm

Read about this in a few other forums, totally farcical

Some corporate lawyer attempting to justify 'its' existance and nothing more.
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