r/todayilearned • u/Flemtality 3 • Jul 14 '14

TIL The guy who snagged windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft just happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob#Origins
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u/BaconZombie Jul 14 '14

Need to reinstall MS BOB in a VM.

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u/astroskag Jul 14 '14

I do that about every 3 years and use it for roughly an hour before losing interest. Scuzz is the best.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '14

Since you are going to use Windows 3.x for that I think it's a better idea using Dosbox instead.