Right after irritating much more than a few of its technical beta testers by telling them they wouldn;t get a free of charge duplicate with the final version of Windows seven for his or her testing difficulty, Microsoft has done a 180-degree flip.Microsoft will be providing its technical beta testers with a free copy of Windows 7 Final, provider officials acknowledged on July 30 in a posting around the Windows team blog.From that posting:“To show our appreciation,
Window 7, members with the invitation-only Windows seven Technical Beta Program is going to be eligible for a absolutely free,
Windows 7 Home Premium 64, ultimate duplicate of Windows seven Final. For far more information on how to take advantage of this,
Office 2010 Home And Business Product Key, refer to Paul (Donnelly)’s post in the .Beta_Program newsgroup for details.”The cost-free copies of Windows seven Final will go to technical beta testers only — not every individual who participated in the public Windows seven Beta and Release Candidate testing programs.Last week,
Office Enterprise 2007 Product Key, around the heels of informing testers that it wouldn;t give them a cost-free ultimate duplicate, Microsoft had told testers it was going to close the beta forums quickly, over the course of a few days. Some testers speculated Microsoft was closing the forums because so many testers were expressing anger over not getting a cost-free ultimate duplicate of the product.Nice to see Microsoft do the suitable thing here….Update: Here;s the fine print with the offer (shared with me by a tester who asked to remain anonymous):Details:All current members of our English technical and international mini-beta programs are eligible.· We are providing you a full (non-upgrade) duplicate of Windows seven Greatest Edition for your own personal use, not to get resold.· You is going to be able to get access to your copy one of two ways:A) To get up and running quickly you might be able to download your duplicate and get your product key via Microsoft Connect. English downloads will likely be available August 6th and other languages will follow as they become available.B) Members of our English beta program have an alternative. We have reserved a limited amount of boxed retail copies that you can choose to receive instead. These are ‘first come, first served;. If you opt to have us ship you the boxed copy you should be aware that it will take very much longer until you will probably be up and running around the final version. We will need time to manufacture and ship the copies to you. This means that you may not receive them until they are available on shelves October 22nd or later. Also,
Office 2007 Ultimate, for people outside the United States you may be required to pay duties or other local taxes upon receipt.Instructions and forms for choosing one with the above options is going to be available on Microsoft Connect on Monday August 3rd.