Free Vista, Office or Money, but there a catch
Well, three actually, but if you are over 18, live in the US and don’t mind Microsoft nosing around your PC and asking your lots of questions for three months then you might qualify for the Microsoft Windows Feedback Program.
The idea is you agree to fill out regular questionnaires and download a piece of monitoring software that tracks what you do and reports back to MS. In return you’ll be rewarded with software that could be worth up to $400. However, it’s not made clear on the signup what you get (hurry, offer closes December 31st), or that to qualify for the goodies you have to agree to participate in both parts of the program (filling out the forms and installing the software).
Microsoft say they’ll be using all the data to collect to improve their products and services, and they’re completely up front about the fact they it’s not anonymous, and they do know who you are. It’s debatable how realistic a snapshot of the real world they’ll be getting if the participant’s profile is going to be people who don’t mind installing spyware, mind even less that Microsoft is peering over their shoulder, and never, ever visit dodgy websites…
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Tags: Feedback Program, Microsoft, Software, windows vista
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