I see no mention of the words "NEW policy".

Why didn't they announce this "NEW policy"
4, 3, 2, 1 month(s) ago? Sure would have made
a lot more sense, and more than likely, saved some
beta users quite a few bucks.

Read this quote from Nick White (a Vista Product Manager), again:
<quote>
There are no product discounts specifically for participants in the Customer Preview Program;
however, because you are using a pre-release version of Windows Vista Ultimate, you can
purchase and use the Upgrade version of Windows Vista.
</quote>

Nick says it like it's always been that way.


-Michael

mikeyhsd wrote:[color=blue]
> since the NEW policy was just announced YESTERDAY, anything that was posted saying you could not before yesterday was NOT a lie.
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> [email]mikeyhsd@comcast.net[/email]
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> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message news:OZi%23ox3hHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I don't know how many times I've seen those who
> claim to know WTF they are talking about, say
> that it is not "legal" or allowed by Microsoft
> for folks using a Vista beta to be able to purchase
> an Upgrade version of Vista and install it on top of
> their Vista beta. Numerous posters were told they would
> have to buy the full version. Wrong.
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> [url]http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/04/24/windows-vista-beta-2-rc1-and-rc2-set-to-expire.aspx[/url]
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> <quote>
> There are no product discounts specifically for participants in the Customer Preview Program;
> however, because you are using a pre-release version of Windows Vista Ultimate, you can
> purchase and use the Upgrade version of Windows Vista.
> </quote>
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>
> -Michael[/color]