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Andrei Ellman
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April 2003
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With all the talk of Microsoft and Yahoo merging, the name "Microhoo" is being bandied about. I decided to check http://www.microhoo.com/ to see if anyone had taken the site and what it contained. I got a "server not found message". Immediately, I thought about registering the domain for myself. Would I put up a spoof "Microhoo" joke-website that would look like what the two company's websites would have looked like if they had merged? Would I put up a silly Flash-animation with a song about Microsoft and Yahoo having a baby called Microhoo? Or even better, I could sell the domain name and make ¤¤¤. So of I went to my friendly domain name registration service, and into the textbox went "microhoo.com". But my plan was scuppered. The domain was unavailable. Had somebody else thought along the same lines but quicker? So I checked whois, and got something about an Indian company registered it back in '06. At least I wasn't beaten by some other smartass who had the same idea as me. Looks like ASAP Technologies Pvt. Ltd. could be the next Willamette Industries Inc. What would you have done with microhoo.com? Would this have been an opportunity sell the domain for a profit or as a means of generating free publicity for whatever you wanted to publicize? Or would this have attracted the ire of either Microsoft or Yahoo because the site was damaging their respective brands? If I had tried to sell the domain-name, Would I have gotten into trouble for making money off commercial trademarks (AFAIA, 'Microhoo' is not a trademark - just something invented on Slashdot, but it's composed of 'Microsoft' and 'Yahoo'). Would Microsoft and Yahoo even have been interested in the name Microhoo or would they just rather ignore it? Or would this just generate so much bandwidth that I'd get into trouble with my ISP on top of Microsoft and Yahoo. AE. -- |
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ReyBrujo
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January 2001
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Registrant: ASAP Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 904, Kalasagar I, Near Jodhpur Cross Roads, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015 India Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: MICROHOO.COM Created on: 04-May-06 Expires on: 04-May-08 Last Updated on: 04-May-07 Administrative Contact: Gautam, Vikram vmgautam@yahoo.com ASAP Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 904, Kalasagar I, Near Jodhpur Cross Roads, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015 India 2676-1579 Technical Contact: Gautam, Vikram vmgautam@yahoo.com ASAP Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 904, Kalasagar I, Near Jodhpur Cross Roads, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015 India 2676-1579 Domain servers in listed order: NS.SECUREDNSHOST.COM NS1.SECUREDNSHOST.COM GoDaddy, so it is likely parked. This is not the case, but I heard snoopers set their own whois services, and whenever you check for a domain and is unavailable, they register it in order to squeeze money out of you later (in case you wanted it). By the way, no company would call itself Microhoo, sounds silly -- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Quote: This is not the case, but I heard snoopers set their own whois services, and whenever you check for a domain and is unavailable, they register it in order to squeeze money out of you later (in case you wanted it). Mmm, Domain Tasting... -- |
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bamccaig
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July 2006
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IMO, microhoo is a lame name and I don't see Microsoft purchasing the domain. If anything, Yahoo would be merged into live.com and other "Windows Live" services. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) |
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Andrei Ellman
Member #3,434
April 2003
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ReyBrujo said: but I heard snoopers set their own whois services, and whenever you check for a domain and is unavailable, they register it in order to squeeze money out of you later (in case you wanted it). I checked the domain using the domain registration services of the company that provides me with my webhosting and my own domain-name so I doubt that that happened. Quote: Created on: 04-May-06 That's well before Microsoft's bid, but even so, they don't have a website. AE. -- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Member #8,592
May 2007
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If Yahoo was buying Microsoft , it would have been Yahcrosoft! C/C++ Reference -|- cplusplus.com - The C++ Resources Network -|- SGI's STL guide |
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Andrei Ellman
Member #3,434
April 2003
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bamccaig said: I don't see Microsoft purchasing the domain. Microsoft and Yahoo aren't the only ones interested in the domain. People who want a visitor-magnet domain-name or people with a great idea for a microhoo.com website and too much spare cash would have also been interested. Edgar Reynaldo said: If Yahoo was buying Microsoft , it would have been Yahcrosoft! Alas, Yahcrosoft did not make it into the Slashdot poll AE. -- |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Quote: WhenDinosaursMate
That is actually funny -- |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Paying for two years is a long time for domain tasting, gnolam. bamccaig: Hulu --- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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If the company registered the name in `06 it is unlikely the whois triggered anything. Most likely they are squatters though. I don't see Microsoft changing anything to Microhoo because they spent so many resources to build thier name. The name could only be used as a joke website because it is so silly. By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Member #5,540
February 2005
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Microsoft got mad at Mike Rowe of Canada a few years ago because he had the domain name Mike Rowe Soft(ware). If you had a domain name "Macroshaft" they'd come down on you for that too. Although I doubt they'd preemptively get it themselves. I really admire the U.S. Constitution. It's so much better than what we have now. |
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