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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (24183)	6/15/1999 3:13:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

SREWGE.COM That should have been SCREWGE.COM.

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (24183)	6/15/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Sometimes companies register names just so others can't. Why else would GE register [SCREWGE.COM] and GE-POLLUTES.COM? Yeah. And Microsoft has taken its share of those kinds of names, but the one I mentioned isn't in that category. It has nothing to do with a Microsoft product or trademark, as near as I can tell. I found it bizarre and funny that they would claim a name like "big-mf-stick". But, as it turns out, they might not be taking it at all. There's something very odd about this registration. (Notice the email contacts.) And notice that the domain is not hosted by Microsoft, but rather by a free-web hosting service. Trying Whois for big-mf-stick.com... Connection established. Registrant: Microsoft Corp (BIG-MF-STICK-DOM) One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Domain Name: BIG-MF-STICK.COM Administrative Contact: Corp, Microsoft (MC19009) 409bombs@MAIL.WHITEHOUSE.COM 425 882 8080 (FAX) 425 882 8080 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: DNS Administrator (DA3706-ORG) hostmaster@HYPERMART.NET (206)447-1595 Fax- n/a Billing Contact: Corp, Microsoft (MC19009) 409bombs@MAIL.WHITEHOUSE.COM 425 882 8080 (FAX) 425 882 8080 Record last updated on 13-Jun-99. Record created on 13-Jun-99. Database last updated on 15-Jun-99 08:08:01 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.HYPERMART.NET 206.253.222.65 NS2.HYPERMART.NET 206.253.222.66