MS Vista Licensing, A Work In Progress

If you didn’t bite on Microsoft’s Windows Vista “Family Pack” promo, the Redmondians are hoping to entice you to buy multiple copies of its latest Windows release under another just-launched promotion.

Microsoft is offering users who purchase one Vista license — full or upgrade, purchased either at retail or via a PC-preload deal — the right to buy multiple additional copies at 10 percent off retail price per copy. Microsoft explained the details of the latest Vista promotion on the oficial Vista Team Blog on March 20.

North American customers could begin placing Windows Vista Additional License orders online on March 19. (Phone orders for the Additional License program started February 28, according to the Vista Team Blog posting. Users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be able to place online orders for the Additional License deal on March 26.

Microsoft has not said when and if the promotional deal will end. At its heart, like many of Microsoft’s Vista promotions, the Vista Additional License program, at its heart, is an anti-piracy play more than an attempt to grow Vista sales.

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