Mike Rowe Soft settled
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In exchange, Microsoft will pay for Rowe's expenses, the cost of switching over to a new site, provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair. Not a bad deal for 17 year old!! Story...[^]
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This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Kant wrote: provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair Another lamb lead into the slaughter house. Yes, I am jealous. It's frikkin ridiculous that he gets that much out of being such an idiot.
Who am I? Currently: A Programming Student trying to survive school with plan to go on to Univeristy of Advancing Technology to study game design. Main career interest include: Multimedia and game programming. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. My website: www.GP32US.com
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Kant wrote: provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair Another lamb lead into the slaughter house. Yes, I am jealous. It's frikkin ridiculous that he gets that much out of being such an idiot.
Who am I? Currently: A Programming Student trying to survive school with plan to go on to Univeristy of Advancing Technology to study game design. Main career interest include: Multimedia and game programming. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. My website: www.GP32US.com
He's an idiot ? Using his own name for his website makes him an idiot ? I don't think so in the slightest. Micro$oft is the one being an idiot here. Who, in their right mind, would mistakenly type mikerowesoft.com to get to the M$ site or type that and incorrectly assume that they went to the M$ site ? The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
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In exchange, Microsoft will pay for Rowe's expenses, the cost of switching over to a new site, provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair. Not a bad deal for 17 year old!! Story...[^]
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He's an idiot ? Using his own name for his website makes him an idiot ? I don't think so in the slightest. Micro$oft is the one being an idiot here. Who, in their right mind, would mistakenly type mikerowesoft.com to get to the M$ site or type that and incorrectly assume that they went to the M$ site ? The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
I posted about this previously, when it was first posted about this case. No, maybe they would realize it wasn't MS's website when they click on it. But for someone to have purposefully register a domain name that is phonetically similar to the largest company in the computer industry by a person who's been working on computer for 6 years without thinking he'd get some kind of controversy from it is just idiotic. It's pretty obvious it was a call for attention. His services advertised through his website are not directly linked to devloped/devloping software but instead are supposed to be about web design services (as I read it in the previous article). There was no point for him to have registered his domain as that without realizing the conseqeunces of it when it involves the biggest name in the computer industry. And look at all the fakesites for sites such as Kazaa Lite and Suprnova, the sites that say you can pay for unlimited downloading of pirated software by letting them steal your credit card information. I guess he's lucky his was not one of those sites, or else he would've totally been screwed over.
Who am I? Currently: A Programming Student trying to survive school with plan to go on to Univeristy of Advancing Technology to study game design. Main career interest include: Multimedia and game programming. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. My website: www.GP32US.com
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He's an idiot ? Using his own name for his website makes him an idiot ? I don't think so in the slightest. Micro$oft is the one being an idiot here. Who, in their right mind, would mistakenly type mikerowesoft.com to get to the M$ site or type that and incorrectly assume that they went to the M$ site ? The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
His name is Mike Rowe, not Mikerowesoft. Either he very well knew that he was poking the giant's ass, then he's an idiot for going "ah look the giant farted at me". Or he didn't knew what he was doing, which makes him a lesser idiot. And, with US trademark law, they barely had another chance than threaten.
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Kant wrote: provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair Another lamb lead into the slaughter house. Yes, I am jealous. It's frikkin ridiculous that he gets that much out of being such an idiot.
Who am I? Currently: A Programming Student trying to survive school with plan to go on to Univeristy of Advancing Technology to study game design. Main career interest include: Multimedia and game programming. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. My website: www.GP32US.com
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His name is Mike Rowe, not Mikerowesoft. Either he very well knew that he was poking the giant's ass, then he's an idiot for going "ah look the giant farted at me". Or he didn't knew what he was doing, which makes him a lesser idiot. And, with US trademark law, they barely had another chance than threaten.
Flirt harder, I'm a coder.
mlog || Agile Programming | doxygenIn a weak defence of Mike Rowe, he probably thought it was 'cool' to play on the words. But as I said, it's a weak defence. Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
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He's an idiot ? Using his own name for his website makes him an idiot ? I don't think so in the slightest. Micro$oft is the one being an idiot here. Who, in their right mind, would mistakenly type mikerowesoft.com to get to the M$ site or type that and incorrectly assume that they went to the M$ site ? The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
The company is required to take action agaist those trying to piggyback of their trademarks, not doing so could lead latter to loosing the trademark. Go read about the Hoover vacum cleaner story - they lost it, by letting the name come to mean vacum cleaning, or as a general term for a vacum cleaner. Google also does this. It does not like people in the press using the term "Google" as an adjective, to mean searching, as it could also loose its trademark, if it was to become a commonly used term for searching, and not their brand name.
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The company is required to take action agaist those trying to piggyback of their trademarks, not doing so could lead latter to loosing the trademark. Go read about the Hoover vacum cleaner story - they lost it, by letting the name come to mean vacum cleaning, or as a general term for a vacum cleaner. Google also does this. It does not like people in the press using the term "Google" as an adjective, to mean searching, as it could also loose its trademark, if it was to become a commonly used term for searching, and not their brand name.
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I seem to remember the people who invented Linoleum (the scourge of cheap boarding houses) didn't defend their trademark 'Lino' and also lost the rights... Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
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He's an idiot ? Using his own name for his website makes him an idiot ? I don't think so in the slightest. Micro$oft is the one being an idiot here. Who, in their right mind, would mistakenly type mikerowesoft.com to get to the M$ site or type that and incorrectly assume that they went to the M$ site ? The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
Some people are not fotunate enough to be able to type for whatever reason, so phonetic similarities are very important to them.
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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Some people are not fotunate enough to be able to type for whatever reason, so phonetic similarities are very important to them.
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
I don't think it's a lack of typing ability :) Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
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I don't think it's a lack of typing ability :) Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
I don't doubt that most voice recognition software would pick up "microsoft" before "mikerowesoft", but what about if someone is having a document machine-read to them that contains "mikerowesoft"? How can they tell? Why should they need to? There's a real possibility for confusion.
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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In exchange, Microsoft will pay for Rowe's expenses, the cost of switching over to a new site, provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair. Not a bad deal for 17 year old!! Story...[^]
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In a weak defence of Mike Rowe, he probably thought it was 'cool' to play on the words. But as I said, it's a weak defence. Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
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In exchange, Microsoft will pay for Rowe's expenses, the cost of switching over to a new site, provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair. Not a bad deal for 17 year old!! Story...[^]
Promise only what you can do. And then deliver more than what you promised.
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Kant wrote: Not a bad deal for 17 year old!! Exactly, sounds like he got a pretty good deal out of the whole thing. :) - Nick Parker
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I bet these people are next: http://www.microswoft.com (Not work safe. Do not let your kid sister copy-n-paste the above link. The above lin is text only, so follow at your own risk. You can let microsoft know that it was easily confused for their site :rolleyes: ) OP
- How come you know about that URL? 2) Do you reckon they will get a similar deal as Mike Rowe? ;) -- C'est normal!
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Kant wrote: Not a bad deal for 17 year old!! Exactly, sounds like he got a pretty good deal out of the whole thing. :) - Nick Parker
My BlogHeh, maybe one of us should try to register ayebeem.com and see what happens? :) -- C'est normal!
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I would feel rather sort changed, what about the costs of lost business hours? IMO his own name has more rights than a trademark. leppie::AllocCPArticle("Zee blog");
Seen on my Campus BBS: Linux is free...coz no-one wants to pay for it.leppie wrote: IMO his own name has more rights than a trademark. True, but his name isn't Mike Rowe Soft, its Mike Rowe. And free advertisement will more than likely make up for that. Matt Newman If you chose to continue this discussion, I am fully prepared to make you my bitch. I invite you to ask around, and you'll find out that I'm quite capable of doing so - John Simmons on Trolls