Gateway 2000 was offended by the negative portrayal in cyberspace and has obtained a temporary restraining order, citing trademark infringement for the use of the Gateway logo found at Jeff's web site. Jeff, the 25 year old complied and had taken his page down because he feared that he could lose his house in an enduring court fight.

The two sides have finally come to an agreement: Jeff is not to publish any derogatory material about the PC maker, and Gateway 2000 promises not to pursue the tens of thousands dollars of damages and will also look into Jeff's complaints about the company. The court also rules that Jeff still retains the right to refer to the Gateway 2000 name in any future articles on the world wide web.

Hey, but don't blame the small guy for using web pages to vent his or her frustration, big corporations are doing the same thing, may be in a little more polite manner.

Starbucks Corp. recently setup a web page to address some of the issues surrounding the first-ever unionization of its workers. The coffee retailer defended itself from accusations made by the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAWU) and detailed the pay and health benefits information granted to its employees.

Workers in four of the Vancouver Starbucks outlets have joined the CAWU. Starbucks, a Seattle based company that has 976 stores around the world (92 of them in Vancouver), said that the drive to unionize workers was the sole aim of CAWU in an effort to gain more new members. Starbucks have gone online to spread its message because labor laws in B.C. prohibit them from discussing the matter in public.