Free software?
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Anyone have a link to that program MSFT was doing recently, where you received free Office 07 in return for participation? If you've got it handy, I'd be much obliged. BW
Unless they put more copies in, they're out of freebies. You can still sign up to have your use patterns analized for improving future versions of office/windows but can't actually get a handout.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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Unless they put more copies in, they're out of freebies. You can still sign up to have your use patterns analized for improving future versions of office/windows but can't actually get a handout.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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Anyone have a link to that program MSFT was doing recently, where you received free Office 07 in return for participation? If you've got it handy, I'd be much obliged. BW
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Is this what you are looking for? http://connect.microsoft.com/[^]
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Anyone have a link to that program MSFT was doing recently, where you received free Office 07 in return for participation? If you've got it handy, I'd be much obliged. BW
They have some free web hosting including domain but that anyway requires credit card number for validation purpose and currently restricted to a few countries. You can check out the service from http://office.microsoft.com/[^] Is this what you are looking at?
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Anyone have a link to that program MSFT was doing recently, where you received free Office 07 in return for participation? If you've got it handy, I'd be much obliged. BW
I'll try to be more specific...not too long ago MSFT had a program where you could allow them to install a program on your machine that would analyze your usage patterns of Windows and Office for 3 mo. In exchange for this, at the end of the period you would receive a license for Office 07, and possibly some other things. I can't remember what the other things are, or the name of the program. Obviously I tried to find it on microsoft.com and msdn.net, but to no avail. Given how vague my recollection of the details is, it's no wonder ;). Unfortunately, I think I deleted my copy of the daily CP e-mail, which is where I first heard of the program, so no joy there either. I'm hoping someone else remembers the name of the program, or even has a link to it or some piece of information that will help me track this down. BW
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Well, I did sign up, so I'm fine as far as that goes...I just couldn't remember exactly what the benefits were...do you happen to remember the name of the program, or have the link? BW
Sorry but no. The program ran out just before I found out about it, so I didn't sign up to have my minimally used laptop monitored. :rolleyes: You might try searching on sites like slickdeals and fatwallet.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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I'll try to be more specific...not too long ago MSFT had a program where you could allow them to install a program on your machine that would analyze your usage patterns of Windows and Office for 3 mo. In exchange for this, at the end of the period you would receive a license for Office 07, and possibly some other things. I can't remember what the other things are, or the name of the program. Obviously I tried to find it on microsoft.com and msdn.net, but to no avail. Given how vague my recollection of the details is, it's no wonder ;). Unfortunately, I think I deleted my copy of the daily CP e-mail, which is where I first heard of the program, so no joy there either. I'm hoping someone else remembers the name of the program, or even has a link to it or some piece of information that will help me track this down. BW
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I'm hoping someone else remembers the name of the program, or even has a link to it or some piece of information that will help me track this down.
I don't recall the program. My brother informed my step-father and walked him through downloading and installing it on his computer, got him set up, and then attempted to do so himself. My step-father got setup and eventually got the software, my brother was turned away from the program only about 15 minutes separated because too many people had applied. So I gather it is over.
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I'll try to be more specific...not too long ago MSFT had a program where you could allow them to install a program on your machine that would analyze your usage patterns of Windows and Office for 3 mo. In exchange for this, at the end of the period you would receive a license for Office 07, and possibly some other things. I can't remember what the other things are, or the name of the program. Obviously I tried to find it on microsoft.com and msdn.net, but to no avail. Given how vague my recollection of the details is, it's no wonder ;). Unfortunately, I think I deleted my copy of the daily CP e-mail, which is where I first heard of the program, so no joy there either. I'm hoping someone else remembers the name of the program, or even has a link to it or some piece of information that will help me track this down. BW
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Anyone have a link to that program MSFT was doing recently, where you received free Office 07 in return for participation? If you've got it handy, I'd be much obliged. BW
You might consider sending a note to Rich Grutzmacher, the Program Manager on the Office User Experience team. He helped coordinate one of the long-term, real-world studies conducted on early Office 2007 builds. Also see here.
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