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Still not the right thing
The public testers are the ones taking the risks with their personal equipment to see how the software works in the wild when the hardware is not cookie-cutter and the software being used is all over the place.

The very least MS could do is offer a HUGE discount to those who did the REAL testing.
Posted by: AttackComputerWhiz   Posted on: 07/30/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Still not the right thing  AttackComputerWhiz | 07/30/09
Uh.. THEY DID...  TheWerewolf | 07/30/09
You think  medezark@... | 07/30/09
Hardly  Win7Nightmares | 07/30/09
Everyone should get a free copy  tikigawd | 07/31/09
Really..  tgreaves21227@... | 07/31/09
I think he was being tongue in cheek!  Patanjali | 08/03/09
Jeeez....  Gis Bun | 07/31/09
Agreed, 100%.  HypnoToad72 | 07/31/09
The complete quote  HypnoToad72 | 07/31/09
ROTFL  pdickey43@... | 08/02/09
I would agree but  rparker009 | 08/03/09
A lovely gesture  Mr. Dee | 07/30/09
Eh?  LeoD | 07/30/09
Another "Hardly"  Win7Nightmares | 07/30/09
Lovely gesture? Are you serious?  UAC nanny screen | 07/31/09
You'd be right and surprised  pdickey43@... | 08/02/09
A Free Upgrade to all Vista Users?  jeffs0413@... | 07/30/09
Correction....  Fark | 07/30/09
forced ?  sjaak327 | 07/30/09
True, it's rock solid, though a little 'slow'  Lerianis10 | 07/30/09
Riightt....  UAC nanny screen | 07/31/09
I wouldn't go that far.  ShadowGIATL | 07/31/09
Well I'm glad it's only your opinion  UAC nanny screen | 07/31/09
Right, NOT!  mrohwohlt@... | 08/03/09
Yes Forced  TxTopgun | 08/03/09
Maybe not free...  Win7Nightmares | 07/30/09
Vista debacle?  jmiller1978 | 07/31/09
Even Microsoft Admits It  Win7Nightmares | 07/31/09
Vista upgrade to Windows 7  kschwab@... | 07/31/09
You're dreaming  Gis Bun | 07/31/09
A Free Upgrade to all Vista Users?  KillBitX | 07/30/09
Because they know it's junk  UAC nanny screen | 07/31/09
Not all will upgrade  chuckles1000 | 08/03/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  Ammalgam | 07/30/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  Confused by religion | 07/30/09
Message has been deleted.  Confused by religion | 08/01/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  Kromaethius | 07/30/09
Nice try, Mr. Big Shoes  Win7Nightmares | 07/30/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  Win7Nightmares | 07/30/09
Sad that it takes an uproar to do the right thing.  ye | 07/30/09
Not just Microsoft  justthinking | 07/31/09
Huh?  UAC nanny screen | 07/31/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  Mantvis | 07/31/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  anarkie | 07/31/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  ferengi | 07/31/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  khorsia | 07/31/09
So was I  rtk | 07/31/09
rtk, they probably wouldn't give you a free one  UAC nanny screen | 07/31/09
didn't say I didn't get a free copy  rtk | 07/31/09
Way to go Cheapo MS  jpr75_z | 07/31/09
They didn't get rich...  ShadowGIATL | 07/31/09
Cool. I signed up for beta testing early on...  HypnoToad72 | 07/31/09
That doesn't matter..  ShadowGIATL | 08/01/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  troubled241 | 08/03/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  troubled241 | 08/03/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  troubled241 | 08/03/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  troubled241 | 08/03/09
I used the first and second Beta  troubled241 | 08/03/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  mjjy@... | 08/03/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  ceknight | 08/04/09
RE: Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free  kaiubg | 11/12/09

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