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MSFT thanks Linux Programmer for paying $35 Fee

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the amusing-news dept.

Quite a number of people have been writing recently in regards to the recent Hotmail outage. As we reported before, a Linux programmer wanted to get his mail - and paid the $35 fee to renew their domain registration. News.com has picked up the news story, complete with thanks from MSFT to Mr. Michael Chaney.

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  1. A Link by jawad · · Score: 5

    http://slashdot.org/comm ents.pl?sid=99/12/25/114201&cid=90

  2. Re:a good example of community spirit by spectecjr · · Score: 5

    yet another example of how helpful linux and other free software users/developers/admins can be compared to their windows counterparts.

    would a windows person think to pay for linux.com's domain? (or other linux related domains)

    Call me a cynic, but its got a lot less to do with "community spirit" and "helping out your fellow man" than it has to do with "Linux user helps out megacorp that Linux Users hate to get Front Page News and More Coverage for Linux"

    Simon

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    Coming soon - pyrogyra
  3. Re:I'd be more impressed... by Roundeye · · Score: 5
    I know him, and he's not glory-hounding or a jerk.

    IMHO he did do something nice just for its own sake.

    Give it a rest.

    --
    "Cause there's 40 different shades of black, so many fortresses and ways to attack, so why you complainin'?"
  4. BSD, Linux, MS by theholyboot · · Score: 5

    a Linux programmer save a Microsoft service running BSD... The world is smaller that you realize

  5. RMS says... by GNUs-Not-Good · · Score: 5

    that because a Linux user paid for the domain that it now be called GNU/Hotmail, because while Hotmail is the operational part, without GNU it would not be complete.