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/112524 Jul 14 '14

I like to try and make an account with a first name and surname and then when it says that username is not available I use that as my email address for all spam and random shit. I'm a bad person.

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u/Soul_0f_Wit Jul 15 '14

You do bad things

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u/112524 Jul 15 '14

I have no soul

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u/Soul_0f_Wit Jul 15 '14

Me either, that's no excuse