A few days ago I mentioned that Mike Rowe was having some problems with Microsoft over his domain, MikeRoweSoft.com
It now appears that the issue has been settled out of court.
On Saturday, according to The Seattle Times, Microsoft and Mike Rowe came to an agreement. In exchange for transferring control of his domain name, Microsoft 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 at Redmond in March. To top it all off, he will get an Xbox with some games.
Honestly, I can’t blame him for settling. It would certainly be a difficult and costly battle for a 17yr old to undertake. And hey, free XBOX. 
At least it’s better than the $10 that they originally offered, that was just insulting.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Lucky7 // Jan 26, 2004 at 5:46 pm
Makes me wish I had a domain that sounded like microsoft……….
2 reri // Jan 28, 2004 at 2:31 pm
See if Micro Soft is available.
3 mel // Jan 31, 2004 at 11:33 am
he should have held out longer.