What happened to whois?

[Paul B. Brown]

> When are they going to update the whois application for the new name or
> have they already?
> 
> Who is "they"?  And why should it be updated?  whois.internic.net is
> the central registry that all the registrars send their updates to, so
> it's probably still the correct default.

They are the maintainers of the whois or xwhois applications.

It should be updated because when I run:

whois btechnet.com

I get limited output.  However, when I type:

whois btechnet.com at whois.networksolutions.com

I get the old, complete output.  What gives?

Paul