Janus
Well-Known Member
Evo7 said:
Can I have his autograph now he's famous.
Well actually he is kind of famous online and has had lots of articles written on him in the last months. He is a programmer and wrote a program years ago called Windows Defender that was an anti-pop up tool.
About 2 months ago he got a letter from Microsoft's lawyer's informing him that he was in breach of copyright by using the term "Windows" and would he kindly mind not supporting the program any more, removing it from his website and signing over the name "Window's Defender". They said that this was a routine activity that they did finding people who used the term Windows and getting them to remove it.
As they were technically correct about his use of their copyrighted material, and not stupid enough to try and take on Microsoft, and the had written the program years ago when we were in high school and no longer supported it in any way, he signed the forms and returned it to them.
He was then very surprised when 2 weeks later Microsoft revealed that Windows Vista would have anti-spyware programs built into it....called Windows Defender.
Lots of papers and news agencies wrote articles and did stories on how Microsoft was ripping off independent programmers....again, and how they hadn't been honest with what they wanted to use the name for.
The best part, and to add insult to injury, is that a couple of weeks later Microsoft sent him a Windows Vista t-shirt. Gee....thanks! :lol:
They better at least send him a free copy of Vista when it is released!