Planet MySQL at a new URL

Did anybody notice that http://planetmysql.org now redirects to http://planet.mysql.com ?

Curious to know the reason why, perhaps an official MySQL person can give us some details.
Also it’s a 302 redirect, not a 301 redirect, interesting?

wget http://planetmysql.org
--2009-02-26 14:40:09--  http://planetmysql.org/
Resolving planetmysql.org... 213.136.52.29
Connecting to planetmysql.org|213.136.52.29|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.planetmysql.org/ [following]
--2009-02-26 14:40:10--  http://www.planetmysql.org/
Resolving www.planetmysql.org... 213.136.52.29
Connecting to www.planetmysql.org|213.136.52.29|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://planet.mysql.com/ [following]
--2009-02-26 14:40:10--  http://planet.mysql.com/
Resolving planet.mysql.com... 213.136.52.29
Connecting to planet.mysql.com|213.136.52.29|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
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