--Original Message Text---
From: Matthew Small
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:31:18 -0500
Hmmm... so you're saying he can't use the word "soft" I thought Microsoft had a trademark on "Microsoft", not "soft".
- Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: Bushy
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
Not at all as long as its www.mikerowe.com
--Original Message Text---
From: Matthew Small
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:51:21 -0500
You have a problem with a person looking to make a buck from his own name?
- Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: Bushy
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
Well I do!
--Original Message Text---
From: Matthew Small
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:36:39 -0500
You're right, he knew it might get someone's attention and he wanted to make a buck from it. I don't have a problem with that.
-Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: Schuster, Steven
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:25 AM
Subject: RE: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
The kid probably knew it would get attention. Are people so stupid to think
stuff like this doesn't go unnoticed?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:57 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
What's surprising to me is how virulently angry you are with this kid.
It's not like he went around a neighborhood breaking car windows or
kicking dogs or something. He's merrily tweaking a gigantic, clumsy
corporation to see what happens. Why not? Is Microsoft now an
untouchable, universally loved entity that no patriotic American should
dare make fun of? Would you suggest we prostrate ourselves before our
right-honorable corporate masters now, or should we wait until it's part
of the EULA?
Personally, I like the fact that he was able to not only elicit a
response from the Beast From Redmond, but also caused them to seriously
embarass themselves in the process, as they're currently trying to
extricate themselves from the whole brouhaha right now:
http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5143614.html?tag=nefd_pop
<http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5143614.html?tag=nefd_pop>
MS can throw their corporate weight behind fighting piracy and crackers
and virus writers all they want. They'd also have a much stronger case
if "MikeRoweSoft" were actually, say, putting out an operating system or
an Office suite or an incredibly shitty web server, but even they
realize now it was a mistake to even bother with this.
- Jim
Bushy wrote:
>No. Just a little puke.
>
>--Original Message Text---
>From: Tim Heald
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:47:45 -0500
>
>satire? hello? Fair use?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bushy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:00 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
>
> Hi all,
>
> Whats your thoughts on this frigg'in puke in British Columbia CANADA
>trying to monopolize on www.mikerowesoft.com.?
>
> To be fair to MS it is copyright infringement.
>
> http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/20/rowe.fight/index.html
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/20/rowe.fight/index.html>
>
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