Comments on: Microsoft demands XBux change its name http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Microsoft demands XBux change its name | For Free http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-498094 Microsoft demands XBux change its name | For Free Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:03:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/#comment-498094 [...] venturebeat.com:[QUOTE]Microsoft has decided yet again to play Goliath. The heavy-handed giant is demanding that a [...] [...] venturebeat.com:[QUOTE]Microsoft has decided yet again to play Goliath. The heavy-handed giant is demanding that a [...]

]]> By: Microsoft is using lawyers agressively. Surprise. http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-494356 Microsoft is using lawyers agressively. Surprise. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:31:23 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/#comment-494356 [...] Venture Beat Post Sphere: Related Content [...] [...] Venture Beat Post Sphere: Related Content [...]

]]> By: thehack http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-494328 thehack Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:12:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/#comment-494328 Microsoft being heavy handed is hardly that surprsing. It has been there MO for almost two decades now. Windows exists in its near total monopoly becasue of these strategies. They leverage money and lawyers spawned in the pits of eternity to bring all before them to heel. Ok that was a little melodramatic, but you get my point. http://geekwonk.com Microsoft being heavy handed is hardly that surprsing. It has been there MO for almost two decades now. Windows exists in its near total monopoly becasue of these strategies. They leverage money and lawyers spawned in the pits of eternity to bring all before them to heel. Ok that was a little melodramatic, but you get my point.

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]]> By: Online Advertising: What’s Fotolog worth, and why does it matter? » TechAddress http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-492494 Online Advertising: What’s Fotolog worth, and why does it matter? » TechAddress Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:50:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/#comment-492494 [...] Microsoft is allegedly demanding that startup XBux change its name to the far less hip XBucks, lest consumers be unable to distinguish between its Xbox 360 videogame console and a network that unites athletes with sponsors. Of course, we imagine Starbucks will then have grounds, as it were, to complain. [VentureBeat] [...] [...] Microsoft is allegedly demanding that startup XBux change its name to the far less hip XBucks, lest consumers be unable to distinguish between its Xbox 360 videogame console and a network that unites athletes with sponsors. Of course, we imagine Starbucks will then have grounds, as it were, to complain. [VentureBeat] [...]

]]> By: Branding: Microsoft is allegedly demanding that startup … » TechAddress http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-492466 Branding: Microsoft is allegedly demanding that startup … » TechAddress Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:42:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/22/microsoft-brings-back-the-bully-routine/#comment-492466 [...] Microsoft is allegedly demanding that startup XBux change its name to the far less hip XBucks, lest consumers be unable to distinguish between its Xbox 360 videogame console and a network that unites athletes with sponsors. Of course, we imagine Starbucks will then have grounds, as it were, to complain. [VentureBeat] [...] [...] Microsoft is allegedly demanding that startup XBux change its name to the far less hip XBucks, lest consumers be unable to distinguish between its Xbox 360 videogame console and a network that unites athletes with sponsors. Of course, we imagine Starbucks will then have grounds, as it were, to complain. [VentureBeat] [...]

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