[thelist] want a check from MS?

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, aardvark wrote:
> remember that Linux guy (irrelevent) who bought the hotmail domain with 
> his own money so he could get his email? wasn't that a big /. article?
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-
> 1525396.html?tag=st.ne.1002.thed.1005-200-1525396
> 
> Hotmail Good Samaritan auctions check from Microsoft 
> 
> A computer consultant who bailed out Microsoft by paying a $35 bill for the 
> company's Hotmail domain name is now trying to auction a $500 reward 
> check the software giant sent him.

The bidding is at 2375.00$US -- pretty darn cool!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=239850613
	- Joe
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