Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present

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I swear

The best way for Microsoft to release beta bits it just to slap 'em directly onto Mininova and Demonoid, complete with time bombing corporate key.

-MS wouldn't have to pay for bandwidth.
-It would get into alot of tech savvy hands fast.
-MS could see all the different "modded installs" and see which ones are popular. I'm not just talking about which release crams the most cracked software into it, but how users mod the install process itself. These mods make the software more desirable to end users, so Microsoft's marketing department gets free surveys, and their build department gets free R&D.
-MS gets credibility among the tech savvy.
-MS gets free, positive PR since it would be all over ZDNet and Slashdot in half a heartbeat and get everyone talking.

As long as MS bundles it with a time-bombing unlimited install key (i.e. unlimited activations until July 30, 2009), they lead the curve instead of being stuck behind it.

Joey

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