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SlackmasterK
I write my OWN blogging engines

http://bit.ly/a2xl8

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

Appears to be for US customer's only (shipping address details US only).

So is this an offer, or an error on the site?

Herbie

intelman

Apparently ArsTechnica says this is real...it lasts until Sept 30th. Free Technet + DreamSpark = Wonderful.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to Dr Herbie

#Jun 2nd @ 11:37 PM

Nope, it's UK and Canada as well, you just need a different link.

(And what was the point of a URL shortener here? It's not like you're limited by space)

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

In reply to blowdart

#Jun 3rd @ 12:28 AM

Ooh! Ok ... getting that then.

Herbie

Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

In reply to Dr Herbie

#Jun 3rd @ 12:36 AM

Expiration Date: 1/1/1900

Is that normal? =o

Or am I going to benefit from a y2k bug in the site and get an unlimited subscription?

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

In reply to Dodo

#Jun 3rd @ 2:42 AM

Fingers crossed ...

Herbie

ZippyV
Fired Up

I hate Microsoft.

spivonious

In reply to ZippyV

#Jun 3rd @ 3:17 AM

WTF? Why are they giving these away?

btw, it appeared to work for me.

justth3fax

In reply to spivonious

#Jun 3rd @ 5:28 AM

Worked for me as well...

Bass
www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/

WTF is a "Consumer Pilot"? Is this a real Tech Net subscription or an invitation to receive spam?

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

In reply to Bass

#Jun 3rd @ 6:56 AM

Appears to be a real subscription (although apparently only for a short time). I could access the product download page (and I could have downloaded something if IE8 hadn't choked when trying to install the donwloader).

I'll be monitoring incomming email to determine if I start getting spam from this.

Herbie

spivonious

I'm in but I can't get any keys. MS may have already shut it down.

OrigamiCar

In reply to spivonious

#Jun 3rd @ 7:12 AM

I'm getting the following when trying to submit my information

"Error

We are unable to validate your customer information and proceed with your order at this time. "

I think maybe they've shut it down already, because my account is a real one (and has been used to purchase MSDN and other stuff)

spivonious

In reply to OrigamiCar

#Jun 3rd @ 7:45 AM

Or maybe their servers are just getting overloaded?

rodneyMc
Canada

In reply to spivonious

#Jun 3rd @ 7:49 AM

I made a copy of the "Review My Order" so maybe later I can submit it since it basicly is a purchase agreement.

Same thing with me getting the Error message after trying to submit.

Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

In reply to spivonious

#Jun 3rd @ 7:12 AM

The keygen is kinda broken, it takes some time until they appear in the product key list. If you click too often, there will be like 10-20 keys in your list, because that's running in the background or something.

Yggdrasil
Pour me a cab, 'cause I can't drink no more.

We don't have any 140-character limit here, so why bother with the URL shortener? It just makes it harder to know what we're getting into before clicking.