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Microsoft Dangles Deal: Products For A Peek

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Allow Microsoft to keeps tabs on your computer through the Windows Feedback Program, and fill out a few surveys, and the company will reward you with one of its software packages.

And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold.
But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.
-- Charlie Daniels comments on a business deal, Devil Went Down To Georgia

Golden fiddle or Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007? Johnny's fiddle probably ended up being painted gold; the Devil isn't known for trustworthiness.

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<p>Will the typical Windows XP or Vista user trust Microsoft enough to permit the company to watch over computer activity for three months, and answer some surveys, in exchange for that version of Office, or the top version of its operating system, Vista Ultimate?</p>
<p>Microsoft bets they will. The company opened up the <a href=Windows Feedback Program with those versions of Vista and Office, along with Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008, Money Plus Premium, or Streets and Trips 2008 dangled as the carrot; participants choose one software package as their reward.

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