As an occasional user of No-IP it shocked and outraged me to see Microsoft using court action to circumvent the services of another company without first pursuing the matter through non-legal channels. As a network administrator I understand the reasoning behind Microsoft’s actions but according to No-IP it was forcefully done without warning. Slashdot has some interesting comments explaining the legality of the action but the general sentiment is against Microsoft.
While everyone is so focused on the consolidation of computing resources in the cloud I think this should be a reminder of what one (perhaps misplaced) court action can do to an entire company and section of the internet community.