Re: Bought Office 2008 Beta and now it says it's about to Expire

Hi Jim:

Let's be a little realistic, shall we? You can "pay money to some crook for
a beta version of Microsoft software". That's like buying a stolen camera
in a pub. Paying money for something that is stolen in the first place is
not the same as "buying" it.

When you buy something, you get the legal right to use it.

You have paid money for the right to go to jail :-) As Jolly Rodger said:
not to bright :-)

In this case, I advise anyone who has a copy of Office 2008 to get it off
their machine SOON.

It may APPEAR to "activate normally", but I also know that if you allow it
to do so, you WILL regret it :-)

Surely you are winding us up? Surely you do not actually believe that the
largest software company in the world is going to issue beta versions of
(what may be the next release of) its software in such a condition that they
can be safely cracked? Really?

I cannot understand why anyone who sets out to steal from a company that has
a larger security team than many police forces, thinks it's a good idea to
post announcing the fact, to a server owned by that company! Did I miss a
news report? Has the H5N1 Chicken Flu virus finally mutated to a "Darwin
Virus"? (The Darwin Award is given posthumously to the person who finds the
stupidest way to remove themselves from the gene pool each year...)

Cheers


On 14/11/07 4:40 PM, in article C35FED7E.4EA%jimrgraham@xxxxxxx, "Jim
Graham" <jimrgraham@xxxxxxx> wrote:

For those who are wondering... You CAN purchase the Beta at this website
which I did do. In the past, Parallels Beta was available for sale also...

The website is: http://fer.cnyoemdv.com/?1B8C740A89C2B0C27F4443A483334E&t0

I have purchased many other MS software titles from this site and they
activate normally.


On 11/13/07 3:26 PM, in article
jollyroger-AF8470.16265113112007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jolly
Roger" <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1194927436.584476.215700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
jimrgraham@xxxxxxx wrote:

Anyone seen this? And if so, what can I do

Uh-huh... You *bought* a *beta*. Right. If you did, you deserve what
you get, but I'm doubting you bought anything - try again.


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