from the inquirer on vista
"This isn't as bad news as it seems. Users who had taken part in the Vista
beta scheme - millions of people, in fact - were all given free copies of
Vista Ultimate by the Vole as a 'thank you'."

i took part in the vista beta. Any idea if i can get a free copy?

Windows Sparrow wrote:

> from the inquirer on vista
> "This isn't as bad news as it seems. Users who had taken part in the Vista
> beta scheme - millions of people, in fact - were all given free copies of
> Vista Ultimate by the Vole as a 'thank you'."
>
> i took part in the vista beta. Any idea if i can get a free copy?

Only if you reported bugs or made improvement suggestions. If you
simply tried Vista Beta you don't qualify for a free version.

John

The "Inquirer" article you quoted is incorrect. Only those folks who were
bona fide, registerd beta testers (via Microsoft Connect), were offered a
complimentary copy of Windows Vista (as long as they submitted at least
one bug). Those folks who only download the Windows Vista Customer Preview
version from Microsoft.com were not eligible for a complimentary copy of the
final released version of Windows Vista.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/



"Windows Sparrow" wrote:

> from the inquirer on vista
> "This isn't as bad news as it seems. Users who had taken part in the Vista
> beta scheme - millions of people, in fact - were all given free copies of
> Vista Ultimate by the Vole as a 'thank you'."
>
> i took part in the vista beta. Any idea if i can get a free copy?