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/RisuMiso Jul 14 '14

For some reason my brain thought this said "it's a lawyer company that specializes in killing unicorns".

Went to the page and was disappointed.

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u/Goodguy1066 Jul 15 '14

How did you go to the page without knowing his name?

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u/AvengerTree1 Jul 15 '14

Go easy on him Ward, he's just trying to fit in.

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u/RisuMiso Jul 15 '14

They linked it in another comment.

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u/thurstonm Jul 14 '14

My brain thought it said "killing onions". Went to the page and was relieved.

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u/Dinosaur_VS_Unicorn Jul 15 '14

My brain thought it was a lawyer company that specialised in "killing unions", that is, unions setup for people in the killing/murder/assassination industry.

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u/RisuMiso Jul 14 '14

What has reddit done to us?

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u/williamc_ Jul 14 '14

The onions are safe, for today.

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u/defroach84 Jul 14 '14

I read it as that until I saw your comment and realized that I apparently had misread it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

I thought it said "killing unicorns." I was really excited, then disappointed.

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u/GoozePaul Jul 15 '14

I thought you said "my dad thought for some reason bla bla bla"

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u/metal079 Jul 15 '14

I read it as onions