Microsoft made the Gold, or RTM, code for Windows Server 2003 available to MSDN subscribers and beta testers. MSDN Universal and Professional subscribers now have download access to Windows Server 2003 Web, Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise 64-Bit editions, as well as System Resource Manager and a customer support and diagnostic toolset. Windows Server 2003 beta testers received access to 180-day time-limited versions of the final code; the editions they received depend on which editions they tested during the beta.

Microsoft said that beta testers will not receive a retail copy of the final code.

thx for the info !!!

I personaly think M$ is getting very Cheap in that they won't even give a retail copy to the Beta testers that have been testing for over a YEAR...

I got a retail copy in a retail box when XP finished, but I guess like every other larger company ripping off the smaller guy, M$ had to join in...

I know the time bombs and even WPA are getting easier to get by, it is still very agervating to not get a little more "sugar" for all the hard work that most beta testers put out...

just my non retail opinion....

SeeYa
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