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Well this is kind of weird to see here. Especially since it happened almost 10 years ago. I am Mike Rowe. I can answer any questions if people want. I did an AMA on reddit in 2009 as well http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ajsih/i_am_the_guy_who....

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Did the fact that MikeRoweSoft.com sounds like Microsoft.com have any bearing on your decision to register the former?

Since you've gone through the trouble of being sued, was it worth at the end?

I am considering buying a domain name that has a similar spelling to an existing domain name but it only existed briefly, I wonder if it's worth buying knowing I could be sued.

I never got sued. They just sent me a cease and desist letter telling me to stop using the domain. I went to the media with that and it all blew out of proportion from there. The only thing I was ever at risk of losing was my domain name. I ended up selling out for a bunch of goodies and a couple trips to Redmond.

For the first paragraph of the article, I believed that you were the host of Dirty Jobs...

I'm pretty much the opposite of that Mike Rowe. I've never worked a day of hard labour in my life. I've considered starting a YouTube channel with me doing clean jobs, but there's only so many times in life you can copy the success of other people/companies.

I just wanted to say, you are my hero.

I think you need to re-evaluate your criteria in choosing a hero.

Haha honestly my comment was sort of half joking :p

I still really like that he didn't bend over to Microsoft's will despite him being extremely young and up against one of the largest companies on the planet.

Why is he your hero?

Well because as a high school student he stood up to a multi-billion dollar corporation and didn't bend over to their offer of $10 measly dollars.

Also my original comment was half joking, but the sentiment remains.

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