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Bink.nu has a post about how the whois information for windowsvista.us gives this away

Update:  We're sitting here with Neobond from Neowin.net and Electronic Punk from OSNN researching this.  The whois information for WindowsVista.com/net/org don't show anything revealing, but the windowsvista.us whois gives it away:

Domain Name WINDOWSVISTA.US

Domain ID D7534463-US

Sponsoring Registrar REGISTER.COM

Domain Status clientTransferProhibited

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Registrant ID 9628572F23803919

Registrant Name Domain Administrator

Registrant Organization Microsoft Corporation

Registrant Address1 One Microsoft Way

Registrant City Redmond

Registrant State/Province WA

Registrant Postal Code 98052

Registrant Country United States

Registrant Country Code US

Registrant Phone Number +1.4258828080

Registrant Facsimile Number +1.4259367329

Registrant Email [email protected]

Registrant Application Purpose P1

Registrant Nexus Category C21

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Administrative Contact ID 8529383F236CF384

Administrative Contact Name Domain Administrator

Administrative Contact Organization Microsoft Corporation

Administrative Contact Address1 One Microsoft Way

Administrative Contact City Redmond

Administrative Contact State/Province WA

Administrative Contact Postal Code 98052

Administrative Contact Country United States

Administrative Contact Country Code US

Administrative Contact Phone Number +1.4258828080

Administrative Contact Facsimile Number +1.4259367329

Administrative Contact Email [email protected]

Administrative Application Purpose P1

Administrative Nexus Category C21

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Billing Contact ID 3339686F2396E713

Billing Contact Name Billing ccTLD

Billing Contact Organization Register.com

Billing Contact Address1 62 RCOM DRIVE

Billing Contact City Yarmouth

Billing Contact State/Province NS

Billing Contact Postal Code B5A 4B1

Billing Contact Country Canada

Billing Contact Country Code CA

Billing Contact Phone Number +1.9027492792

Billing Contact Facsimile Number +1.4137238334

Billing Contact Email [email protected]

Billing Application Purpose P1

Billing Nexus Category C21

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Technical Contact ID 0933454F23A80690

Technical Contact Name MSN Hostmaster

Technical Contact Organization Microsoft Corporation

Technical Contact Address1 One Microsoft Way

Technical Contact City Redmond

Technical Contact State/Province WA

Technical Contact Postal Code 98052

Technical Contact Country United States

Technical Contact Country Code US

Technical Contact Phone Number +1.4258828080

Technical Contact Facsimile Number +1.4259367329

Technical Contact Email [email protected]

Technical Application Purpose P1

Technical Nexus Category C21

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Name Server NS1.MSFT.NET

NS5.MSFT.NET

NS2.MSFT.NET

NS3.MSFT.NET

NS4.MSFT.NET

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Created by Registrar REGISTER.COM

Last Updated by Registrar REGISTER.COM

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Domain Registration Date Fri Apr 01 13:27:53 GMT 2005

Domain Expiration Date Sat Mar 31 23:59:59 GMT 2007

Domain Last Updated Date Fri Apr 01 13:27:56 GMT 2005

Last WhoIs Database Update Fri Jul 22 01:06:53 GMT 2005

Robert Scoble says there's an announcement to be done concerning longhorn at 6am PDT

http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/07/21.html#a10721

Tomorrow there'll be a Longhorn announcement at 6 a.m. PDT in the morning tomorrow. I can't tell you until then what's up, but the information will be on this URL then.

they should name the OS updates after various cats. :p

oh wait, apple is already doing that. In that case, name windows after dogs. Start out with boxer, terrier, blood hounds, great dane, germin shepard, doberman, golden retriever, wolves, bull dog, rotweiller.. etc.. :p

That whois you pasted on the .us website, pretty much seals it as real... Why in the world would ms have that domain.

Right now i don't really like the name, not edgy enough... But im sure it will grow on me. Definately nothing like what i would have expected.

they should name the OS updates after various cats. :p

oh wait, apple is already doing that. In that case, name windows after dogs. Start out with boxer, terrier, blood hounds, great dane, germin shepard, doberman, golden retriever, wolves, bull dog, rotweiller.. etc.. :p

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Well, more like wild dogs so..

Coyote, Wolf, etc.

Bink.nu has a post about how the whois information for windowsvista.us gives this away

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Um, no. Anyone can put anything in the WHOIS info. I can register windowsfiesta.com and put in Microsoft's contact info and nameservers. That proves absolutely nothing. Now if the nameservers were actually returning info for the domain, you'd have something. But now, no.

We have used the term longhorn for so long now and that's why this sounds weird... just give it some time people... I actually think it sounds nice :) Not an english name tough... as some have pointed, vista means "vision" or "sight" (that's portuguese or maybe some latin language like spanish).

Then again, Microsoft actually had a reason for calling whistler, Windows XP (as in xperiences)

Wonder what vista is all bout :)

I told you, didn't I? DIDN'T I!? MUAHAHAHA!!!

Microsoft Windows Fluffy Pink Kittens!

I knew that all the people in Windows Beta Discussion were wrong when they said 'Windows 2006', and I thought it would be called something you would never guess. WAS I RIGHT, OR WHAT?

MUAHAHAHAHA!

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