>My guess, it was a typo in client and they've registered misspelled domain as easiest fix for backwards compatibility with affected old releases. It was creat

>My guess, it was a typo in client and they've registered misspelled domain as easiest fix for backwards compatibility with affected old releases. It was created in 1996, so likely not. Although that expiration date is interesting... Domain Name: MICROSFT.COM Registrar: MARKMONITOR INC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 292 Whois Server: whois.markmonitor.com Referral URL: http://www.markmonitor.com http://www.markmonitor.com Name Server: NS1.MSFT.NET Name Server: NS2.MSFT.NET Name Server: NS3.MSFT.NET Name Server: NS4.MSFT.NET Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 31-jul-2015 Creation Date: 02-sep-1996 Expiration Date: 01-sep-2016