FREE from M$

[EndobioticChaos]

I picked Train Sim. I already have XP Pro, and don't need another copy, and didn't want to bother with selling it. I got this for my Dad, as he's always enjoyed train stuff.

[vicarious george]

Hey fellas,
This is obviously a ploy to obtain customer lists. By participating in this survey, you are essentially signing-up to be spammed. If you read carefully, you will notice that the survey is written in an amateur way. Compare the grammatical structure, paragraph content, and sentence order to any other document affiliated with Microsoft, and you will notice that this is obviously fake.

And consider this:
Why on earth would a mega-corp like M$ outsource its surveys to a company that looks about as professional as a Frontpage template?

....Its gonna be a long 6-8 weeks....

[Cyberlore]

Here's a quick link to the whois query for the domain: click me! It's just hard to believe that microsoft would not have caught this a while ago as it looks like they've been doing lots of surveys for a little while atleast. If it is a fraud, MS will probably burn them to the ground. And hey, we've all been traumatized, maybe we can get some kinda class action suit

captainjrl-It's a deal the UW System (Wisconsin) has worked out so we all get cheap software. It's the XP Pro upgrade, but that's no biggie as most people can get their hands on a cd for an older version. The only little hitch is that the contract runs out end of July and if the university doesn't renew it again this year (big budget cuts...ehhh) it is illegal for anyone to use the software they purchased. The software is like the corporate version and doesn't need to be activated, so you'll never be hunted down (knock on wood). Hopefully it won't become an issue. If'n you'd like to see the cataloge, here's the link, and if you're not a UW student, the best you can do is stare and drool

[Bob The Great]

I've gotten enough free stuff from MS through other companies to know they have a lot of there work done by outside companies. I'm not holding my breath for this either though.

[embj]

I took the survey twice. I sent one to my dad and one to me. I took Streets & Trips 03 and XP Pro. I also sent a nice little email to M$ questioning the site. I will let you all know if I get a response.

[Chiguy]

Originally posted by captainjrl
How do you get XP Pro for $25 by being a college student? Is it a full version or upgrade or what?

Hmm, I get it for free at my college.

[xenon200]

This is not a genuine M$ website.

~x2

[implexant]

this is a genuine MS site. try emailing Nancy's address and the tech contact on the whois is Microsoft Corp. and Microsoft even outsources its download servers.

-Chris

[nuggettsmyname]

so is the consesus that we have legit deal going on here? Went for XP Pro.... that whole saying about too good to be true... I'm really wondering myself.

[embj]

Now this stands, "This survey is closed due to an overwhelming response."