Sunday, July 23, 2006

ComingZune not by Microsoft?

Several sites have referred to ComingZune.com as being a marketing site by Microsoft. ZuneInfo.com has raised a few points about the domain having been registered at GoDaddy. I thought I'd follow up with some more evidence that it's not likely to be a Microsoft site.


-bash-2.05b$ host comingzune.com

comingzune.com has address 216.182.82.168
comingzune.com mail is handled by 0 mail.adhost.com.
-bash-2.05b$ whois 216.182.82.168

OrgName: Adhost Internet Advertising
OrgID: ADHT
Address: 140 Fourth Ave North
Address: Suite 360
City: Seattle
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98109
Country: US

NetRange: 216.182.80.0 - 216.182.95.255
CIDR: 216.182.80.0/20
NetName: ADHOST-SBLK2
NetHandle: NET-216-182-80-0-1
Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS.ADHOST.COM
NameServer: NS0.ADHOST.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2005-07-26
Updated: 2005-07-27

RTechHandle: ZA153-ARIN
RTechName: Adhost Internet Advertising
RTechPhone: +1-425-454-9520
RTechEmail: hostmaster@adhost.com

OrgTechHandle: RS141-ARIN
OrgTechName: Stockton, Richard Lee
OrgTechPhone: +1-206-404-9000
OrgTechEmail: stockton@adhost.com

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2006-07-22 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
-bash-2.05b$


Now what's this adhost.com? Well... according to their website:

Adhost specializes in server colocation, Web site hosting, e-commerce solutions and email marketing at our data center in Seattle.

Well, so it's not hosted at a Microsoft data center. Might it be an MS employee who created and is hosting the site at Adhost? Is it some random schmuck? Can't tell right now. But if you enjoy the site, enjoy it. If not, ignore it.



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