For those who don't already know...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/19/offbeat.mike.rowe.soft.ap/index.html
And it turns out our very own DU-Squid's company has been noted in another article
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/20/rowe.fight/index.html
I was surprised when I first read it (and that doesn't usually happen for me with M$ news).
Mark Hensler posted this at 07:42—21st January 2004.
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Wow!
Jack Michaelson posted this at 08:19—21st January 2004.
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a great story
I'm thinking of changing my name
The Webmistress posted this at 08:38—21st January 2004.
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Omg!
Suzanne posted this at 14:27—21st January 2004.
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I'm annoyed -- phonetic spellings?! Someone honestly would do anything other than chuckle at the pun? Someone, a reasonably stupid someone, even, would not mistake MikeRoweSoft for MicroSoft! An illiterate person, perhaps, and as much as we'd like to say that most of the trolls are so, if you're on the web, you have to be basically literate!
As a test, I showed my young son the two domain names and he noted that they sound the same but look different (as he's currently learning about homonyms, this was strangely relevant). I showed him the websites and asked him if he thought they were the same place. He gave me one of those "what the heck have you been smoking, mom?!" looks, and said, haughtily, "no! they have different names!"
So, there you go. Assuming most people on the web have a literacy and intelligence level of a precocious five year old, there is no confusion.
I'd also point out that the kid doesn't know what MicroSoft is and couldn't care less.
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druagord posted this at 14:33—21st January 2004.
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Well if Microsoft didn't have an army of lawyer they wouldn't be able to justify the price they charge for there unreliable software.
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Suzanne posted this at 14:46—21st January 2004.
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http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5143614.html update, MicRoSoft admits they were overzealous (read: daft) in protecting their trademark...
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necrotic posted this at 20:16—21st January 2004.
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Hahaha! MS is at it again! It'll be good publicity for Mike Rowe though
I'm proud of him for not giving in like some others would.
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DU-Squid posted this at 02:15—22nd January 2004.
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Yes the company I work for was put on cnn. We greatly hosted Mike Rowe and we support him 100%. I also do think that MS over reacted alot on trying to sue the kid. Oh and Suzanne send that to Microsoft and see what they say.
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brady.k posted this at 21:18—25th January 2004.
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What if i said I owned wbmstfrms.net ?
What if i said I owned defning-rge.net ?
What if i said I owned 0caddle.com ?
Get my point?
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Suzanne posted this at 22:05—25th January 2004.
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He caved -- he accepted a pile of goodies, including training.
I do think it's daft. No reasonable person could possibly confuse the two.
If you want to run a parody of my business site, lol, I can't stop you. I can't imagine any of my clients confusing 0caddle with zerocattle, though. zerodogs? onecow? heh. I don't know. I just don't see where the infringement comes in. He does web design, they do software development, it isn't even in the same field (only by very broad definitions since they both use the web).
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 23:52—25th January 2004.
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Kyle, if your name was Webbmunster Faurms, say, and you registered wbmstfrms.net, then we have a slightly different scenario.
I don't think that matters, because MS could argue that they develop web technologies which are used directly in that field, and, if Rowe doesn't develop software, what's the "soft" in his domain for?
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Suzanne posted this at 00:24—26th January 2004.
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Maybe he's soft hearted. Or perhaps he just has superior abilities to see droll humour, lol.
Soft != software, regardless of MicroSoft feeling that it does.
It's a joke. His friends call him that. Frankly, now that he's going to be training with them, I imagine the confusion will be WORSE, not better. You know, that guy, Mike Rowe, works for MicroSoft? He started the company, you know. He's Bill Gates' love child. He changed the name to match his...
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The Webmistress posted this at 08:52—26th January 2004.
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Oh my, you do have an over active imagination don't you Suzanne!
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Suzanne posted this at 14:12—26th January 2004.
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I should write for the tabloids! Mike Rowe is the four-headed love child of Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds and Steve Jobs and that guy from Oracle, Larry Ellison!
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Jack Michaelson posted this at 14:15—26th January 2004.
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I though Mike Rowe was an alias for Steve Jobs...
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 02:23—31st January 2004.
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Now this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3382073018&category=2312
Seriously...
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Suzanne posted this at 02:35—31st January 2004.
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Birds of a feather, I guess.