good idea to buy domains re: name of longhorn

[sh4hb4z]

is it a good idea to buy domain names now that longhorn will be called windows vista

eg

winvista.com

winvista.org

etc

[Shetland]

depends if your ever going to use them, microsoft have already bought the domains they will need, they aren't silly.

[lnmnky]

If the site you have in place have no relation to windows, then they won't be picked up by the search engines anyway so you won't make anything from them.

If you plan on making money from it (selling the domain), then maybe you could get lucky with a few choice names, but like GHL said, they have the ones they want already.

edit : They haven't bothered buying http://www.win2k.com/ so why would they buy yours?

[ad345zAdZ0d9_]

its called cybersquating and its illegal in most countries

[Shetland]

yeah it raises moral issues aswell, you'd be pretty ****ed if someone bought a domain you -needed-

I was pretty ****ed when i was going to get a domain to find the one i wanted to was taken by a site that was a plain page of advertisments and wanted to sell it on for a profit, sucks.

[VidER]

If you are planning to use them for a website that is related to the new OS, then go ahead..

I am sure that these domains are already a target of many people!

So hurry up!

VidER

[Colin-uk Veteran]

there probably already gone, people do it all the time

remember that google-epic movie, "googlezon"?

yeah people have even bought names relating to that, like there ever gunna get something from it.. lmao

waste of time & money IMO

[sh4hb4z]

i have bought winvesta.co.uk & winvesta.org

i am thinking yet what to do with it, either make a website relating to the new OS (as mentioned above by VidER).

or selling it.

i am not going to load it with adverts as its pointless and i dont like it myself

any other ideas? or if anyone wants to make a site maybe.. partnership...

just a thought...

[sourcer*****]

weeelll.. u have bought winvesta.org.. that's nice.. but will the next windows be named Windows Vesta??? or Vista :)) haha

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

You bought winvEsta????

tIsser!

[galoosh33]

I was about to say you should go ahead and buy it, I mean- it's not such a risk.

But now I really hope you didn't purchase winvEsta :s:S

[HPMCommander]

ahahahaha

he bought winvesta

:rofl:

sorry buddy :(

[sh4hb4z]

sorry i meant winvista lol

typo :)

[Viserov]

You probably wouldn't be able to register anything worth Microsoft buying from you. Now, if you want to make money from early domain registrations that companies can buy from you, buy some .xxx domains when they become available.

[downhillmatt2002]

stoke-online?

[blade1269]

Hey,

Look what happend to neowin's dear friend www.bink.nu

it was first called windowsxp.nu but M$ forcefully MADE him give it up or they were going to sue from what i rember.