Hi,

As I think many of you know already, Dell Computers are on their way to
crush a guy who makes web sites. Why? Because his name happens to be
Paul Dell, and his site is consequently http://www.dellwebsites.com/

That Dell Computers don't make web sites at all doesn't worry them a
bit. They just do as most multinational corporations; steam rolling
people as they see fit and using their wealth to do it. They have sued
Paul for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Michael Dell, the founder and chairman of Dell, is personally worth
about USD 18 billion which is more than the GDP of most countries in the
world. Obviously, he couldn't care less if he's ruining the life of Paul
as long as he makes a few extra $.

Please take a close look at the sites below. Read why Paul need help.
Sign the petition. Maybe by a sweater to support him.

http://help-paul-dell.com/
http://pauldell.blogspot.com/

Cheers,
Danny

I called Dell and told them to cancel our business account, that we would no
longer purchase from them. Not that much, but hey, it's $30k a year they
won't get.

Back in 2001 or so, Gateway sued some guy for having a cow picture. We have
not bought from them since.


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01...omain_dispute/

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"Danny Boy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> As I think many of you know already, Dell Computers are on their way to
> crush a guy who makes web sites. Why? Because his name happens to be Paul
> Dell, and his site is consequently http://www.dellwebsites.com/

Just to keep things accurate, as far as I understand, Paul is not saying
that they are "ruining his life", just that they are using their size and
power in an unfair way to stop him from using a particular domain name.


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"Danny Boy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> As I think many of you know already, Dell Computers are on their way to
> crush a guy who makes web sites. Why? Because his name happens to be Paul
> Dell, and his site is consequently http://www.dellwebsites.com/
>
> That Dell Computers don't make web sites at all doesn't worry them a bit.
> They just do as most multinational corporations; steam rolling people as
> they see fit and using their wealth to do it. They have sued Paul for
> hundreds of thousands of dollars.
>
> Michael Dell, the founder and chairman of Dell, is personally worth about
> USD 18 billion which is more than the GDP of most countries in the world.
> Obviously, he couldn't care less if he's ruining the life of Paul as long
> as he makes a few extra $.
>
> Please take a close look at the sites below. Read why Paul need help. Sign
> the petition. Maybe by a sweater to support him.
>
> http://help-paul-dell.com/
> http://pauldell.blogspot.com/
>
> Cheers,
> Danny

That he has owned for quite some while....

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"P@tty Ayers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just to keep things accurate, as far as I understand, Paul is not saying
> that they are "ruining his life", just that they are using their size and
> power in an unfair way to stop him from using a particular domain name.
>
>
> --
> Patty Ayers | www.WebDevBiz.com
> Free Articles on the Business of Web Development
> Web Design Contract, Estimate Request Form, Estimate Worksheet
> --
>
>
>
>
> "Danny Boy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>>
>> As I think many of you know already, Dell Computers are on their way to
>> crush a guy who makes web sites. Why? Because his name happens to be Paul
>> Dell, and his site is consequently http://www.dellwebsites.com/
>>
>> That Dell Computers don't make web sites at all doesn't worry them a bit.
>> They just do as most multinational corporations; steam rolling people as
>> they see fit and using their wealth to do it. They have sued Paul for
>> hundreds of thousands of dollars.
>>
>> Michael Dell, the founder and chairman of Dell, is personally worth about
>> USD 18 billion which is more than the GDP of most countries in the world.
>> Obviously, he couldn't care less if he's ruining the life of Paul as long
>> as he makes a few extra $.
>>
>> Please take a close look at the sites below. Read why Paul need help.
>> Sign the petition. Maybe by a sweater to support him.
>>
>> http://help-paul-dell.com/
>> http://pauldell.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Danny
>
>

"Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> That he has owned for quite some while....

Exactly, and it's not right and it's great that people are supporting him.
But his life is certainly not being ruined.

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Could be if he loses the case, and has to do bankruptcy to avoid the 450,000
Euros they are asking for....

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> "Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> That he has owned for quite some while....
>
> Exactly, and it's not right and it's great that people are supporting him.
> But his life is certainly not being ruined.
>
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Ok... I guess that could be ruin, although... I think I'll shut up now. :-)


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"Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Could be if he loses the case, and has to do bankruptcy to avoid the
> 450,000 Euros they are asking for....
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>> "Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> That he has owned for quite some while....
>>
>> Exactly, and it's not right and it's great that people are supporting
>> him. But his life is certainly not being ruined.
>>
>> --
>> Patty Ayers | www.WebDevBiz.com
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>
>

Let's put it this way - it might not ruin someone's life, but it could suck
alot of the fun out of it for a while....

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> Ok... I guess that could be ruin, although... I think I'll shut up now.
> :-)
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>>> "Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>> That he has owned for quite some while....
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>>> Exactly, and it's not right and it's great that people are supporting
>>> him. But his life is certainly not being ruined.
>>>
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P@tty Ayers wrote:

> Just to keep things accurate, as far as I understand, Paul is not saying
> that they are "ruining his life", just that they are using their size and
> power in an unfair way to stop him from using a particular domain name.
>
>

"Keep things accurate"??????

I don't know about you, Patty. But my life would certainly be ruined if
I woke up one day with a debt of several hundred thousand dollars. I
don't think anyone need much imagination to realize the consequences
this will have for Paul - or for anyone else for that matter.

Whether the fact that he will just keep enough to survive and will be
forced to send Dell the rest of his earnings, probably as long as he
lives, is "ruining his life" or just "destroying his life a bit" is a
matter of semantics. And at this point, a discussion like that is pretty
superfluous.

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:24:11 -0400, "P@tty Ayers"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Just to keep things accurate, as far as I understand, Paul is not saying
>that they are "ruining his life", just that they are using their size and
>power in an unfair way to stop him from using a particular domain name.
>
>

I don't disagree, but I do disagree with the OP when he says:

> Michael Dell, the founder and chairman of Dell, is personally worth about
> USD 18 billion which is more than the GDP of most countries in the world.
> Obviously, he couldn't care less if he's ruining the life of Paul as long
> as he makes a few extra $.

This kind of attitude makes me sick. I'm not sure why people are so
quick to make a villain out of anyone who is successful. Why does it
follow that because Michael Dell is worth a lot of money that he must
be greedy and uncaring?

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software
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