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Microsoft Forgets to Renew hotmail.co.uk Domain

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The Anti-Microsoft:

quote: Microsoft was busy covering up an almighty cock-up last night after forgetting to renew its hotmail.co.uk domain name.

Despite being warned that the domain for its popular Web mail service was up for renewal, it seems Microsoft - or whoever had the task of managing its hotmail.co.uk domain - overlooked this vital piece of administration.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33814.html

I thought this was pretty funny.  (And NO, I don't use Hotmail.

[ November 07, 2003: Message edited by: The Anti-Microsoft ]

Xeen:
If you use M$ Shitmail you deserve to get fucked up when MS screwed up.

http://hotmailsucks.com/

jtpenrod:

quote:
Luckily, the domain was snapped up on the same day - October 23. The new owner - a good hearted soul - then proceeded immediately to contact Microsoft, inform the giant of its slip and arrange to hand back the domain.

However, Microsoft didn't want to know. Despite phone calls and emails - and being fobbed off by Microsoft drones - our man behind this public-spirited deed was completely blanked by the software empire.

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How nice, just goes to show that no good deed ever goes unpunished.  ;)  
 
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Of course, while Microsoft's spinstresses tried to stall for time, the company was busy scurrying behind the scenes to sort out this embarrassing episode. It managed to contact hotmail.co.uk's new owner, grovel at their mistake and sort out the mess. By all accounts, hotmail.co.uk will be returned in a few days.

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having been blown off, I'd've made them pay through the nose to get that domain name back before I sold it to the raunchiest p0rn site I could find. (After all, the name, "hotmail" has some decidedly p0rn-0 implications.)  :D
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WMD:
The person just...sold it back?!?!?   :eek:  

He could've got, like, a million bucks for that!  (not assuming that MS wouldn't have taken him to court  :rolleyes:  )

[ November 30, 2003: Message edited by: WMD ]

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