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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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I swear  voyager529 | 12/18/08
Agreed  soonerproud | 12/18/08
Good idea except  notsofast | 12/19/08
WARNING: A flash banner on zdnet.com is using a lot of CPU  qmlscycrajg | 12/18/08
I hate these advertisements. I've got a single core system and...  ye | 12/18/08
2 solutions  NonZealot | 12/18/08
One more solution on Firefox  soonerproud | 12/18/08
I agree!!  Grayson Peddie | 12/18/08
flash banner  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 12/18/08
try silverlight  jk_10 | 12/18/08
what reason?  vukko | 12/19/08
Adblock Plus is an even better fix  peter_erskine@... | 12/18/08
Sometimes those ads cause my IE6 to bomb  jhimes | 12/19/08
Use Firefox with the NoScript Add-On  John-D | 12/19/08
Flashblock Works Great!!  itanalyst2@... | 12/18/08
Ah but.  Bozzer | 12/18/08
IE Offers  ArnavM | 12/20/08
RE: Might as well be a public beta  Bozzer | 12/18/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  slaphappy | 12/19/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  p71@... | 12/19/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  Professor Messer | 12/19/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  shanedr | 12/19/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  edwin.hills@... | 12/19/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  richdave | 12/19/08
eh?  Skullet | 12/20/08
Because.....  satovey@... | 12/20/08
Its the final release that worries me...  ZenTigerpaw | 12/20/08
Where do I apply?  bonespiel@... | 12/20/08
public beta will be January 7  graham.lv | 12/21/08
Bender Slips Beta Up Chimney....  VONDRASHEK@... | 12/27/08
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  Jackie150 | 10/09/09
RE: Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present  sexy costumes | 11/11/09

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