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The fact that the account was just started 1 week ago suggests to me that Github had been preventing squatting on the account until it was official.

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You are right, I tried with Microsoft: http://i.imgur.com/PJiOy.png

https://github.com/microsoft/

Microsoft is on github. Github should let these teams setup an organization under Microsoft as a pointer.

https://github.com/microsoft-dpe

https://github.com/Microsoft-Interop

https://github.com/WindowsAzure

Indeed but it does not change DevX101's point. Also it is strange they did not request the microsoft account

That would require these various teams at Microsoft to act as if they were a single organization. This has historically been difficult for teams at Microsoft.

Right? Apparently they can't even agree on whether or not they want caps or dashes in their organization names.

Which matters!

What is funny is that some of the same engineers are on all these github accounts.

I'm working on this. And, yes, it's difficult.

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