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Windows 7 Morality Test

A few months ago, I got hammered when I mentioned a certain non-public Microsoft beta was available on BitTorrent. A reader or two complained that these were unauthorized downloads and I was an unwitting accomplice.

So now I will report that the Windows 7 release candidate is up on BitTorrent, but will refrain from advising you to try it.

Posted by Doug Barney on April 27, 2009


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