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Sorry on getting back to this too late, but I presented my case somewhat differently.
I gave them my real name (which is what I used for my Technet Sub also) and got into a discussion with 3 different people, one of whom was a 'manager'. Being of Indian descent it helped at one point, being able to communicate more clearly, but the gist I got was a slightly different one.
I was told that since I was a Beta tester for many applications and an official one that I was in fact in violation - however, the third person I talked to, a 'manager', asked a critical question - if I was being paid by any business for beta testing, Since I am not being compensated in any major way for my time and effort (except, perhaps, in the occasional bone of a free software) I was told that I was not, in fact, in violation of the Sub I had purchased, and furthermore, I could either use the same key for multiple installs in my home network or else use separate keys (which, unfortunately, I have already done).
Nice to know that pparks and I got the same message from (presumably) different sets of folks....
I used that coupon - in fact, the $100 off coupon that I tried to use instead gave me the 25% off - not quite as much off, but in the grand scheme of things, a difference of 11.75 I can live with....
Indeed. However, I maintain 4 computers at the house, am building a new machine for myself, and am building a small component test bench so I can easily test equipment - that will be 5 full computers and the test bench....
Although the test bench won't have an activated license (due to me generally finishing testing well before 30 days is up) the other 5 do - evne if I had signed up for upgrade copies at hte discounted rate, it'd be hard to match 5 licenses for Win 7 Ultimate....
It's only worth it if you're either really testing the software or else need more than 2 copies of W7....or so it seems. With licenses for Office 2007, Windows Home Server, and numerous other products, you really cannot go wrong with e technet sub.
Indeed - we had a major debate going in another thread about this....
*could* - but there are limitations on that as well. If you're not a developer....
besides, as a college student, I qualify for https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx - much better offer
Indeed - it is a great program to help get M$ more and more entrenched in the software market![]()