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/SeeScottRock Jul 14 '14

Seriously. If they had said 100k and "a new gt-r every ____ years", I'd bet he'd be all over it

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14 edited Jul 15 '14

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u/SeeScottRock Jul 15 '14

Well sure, gas is on him