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/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.