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Sunday, May 12, 2002

I'll probably point to this first-hand account from the former CEO of RealNames a few times. The story came to me on Saturday evening. Sometimes that's how it goes. I'm not saying Microsoft did anything wrong. But it's rare that the full detail of a deal with MS comes public. If you spend any time thinking about how the software business works, study the piece, there's lots of info there.

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2:11:39 PM

RealNames Closing Shop

RealNames Closing Shop
Posted by timothy on Saturday May 11, @07:22PM
from the huge-surprise dept.
The_THOMAS writes: "The company RealNames, which tried to make a buck off of the domain name gold rush by adding their own layer on top of the ICANN system, is going out of business (Full story here). To review, the RealNames system is a browser plugin which redirects a user who types 'cookies' in the IE address bar to Nabisco.com. The reason for the closure appears to be the decision by M$ to NOT renew their agreement with RealNames which expires in June."

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2:10:46 PM

RoadRunner Co-Opting "Organization" Headers

RoadRunner Co-Opting "Organization" Headers
Posted by timothy on Sunday May 12, @09:44AM
from the you-are-what-you-subscribe-to dept.
Dusty Rhodes writes: "AOL-Time Warner cable Internet Provider RoadRunner has begun co-opting the 'Organization' line of Usenet headers, replacing whatever information a user enters with 'Organization: Road Runner – (location).' All RoadRunner customers nationwide, including business customers, have had their organization identity hijacked with no disclosure whatsoever, much less an opt-in or even an opt-out. Nothing in their TOS or AUP. Nada."

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2:03:30 PM