Originally posted by alset
I'm so sick of this snot-nosed punk. I felt kind of bad for him being strong-armed by M$, but I also recognized that he had to know they wouldn't approve of his domain. That he asked for $10k to release it cost him some respect points. Going to the media for support was a nice idea, but milking it this hard is pathetic. You can't persuade me that such opportunistic behavior is anything but an attempt to leech off of the rest of the world. I actually hate him more than SCO and M$ combined. Never thought anyone could take that spot.
Am I overly negative towards this kid? Maybe. But parasitic tactics like this sum up all that is wrong with the world, to me.
Dan
Thanks, i was feeling bad about my feelings towards this kid.
Personally I feel that kid knew full well that he would butt heads with M$. Their offer was weak at best. His $10k counter seemed viable, if not excessive for his age and the amount of business he may have developed.
Then he settles for an XBox and some money to redevelop his business. NOW he decides to sell the papers that chronicles his saga. Seems like he set himself up for this. Trying full well to profit from this.
In hindsight since he seemed more interested in web development (according to postings on his original website). Now it seems that he had other ideas in mind. Now in a better light of day we see that a name like mikeroweware.com (used by RadiSys under their product of Microware for Mac), or mikeroweDEV.com (used by Microcomputer Devices), or even mikerowecorp.com (Microware Corp that deals in software solutions) would have run afoul of copyrights to this degree. He chose his domain carefully, and I think willfully. Being in advertising i have to look at things carefully in this internet age. Given his accomplishments he is better suited to know better.
Maybe we are so blinded by our disgust of M$ to see the difference.
Many of us have painted him as a saint when the initial reports appeared. I too felt that he was being attacked.
His actions speak louder than words.
Maybe he is the next Bill gates. We better watch out for him. He learned the value of having lawyers. nothing else.
Wake up people the Emperor has no clothes!
