Microsoft Thanks Me

A few weeks ago I received an email from Microsoft thanking me for my participation in the Office 2008 for Mac beta program, and saying I'd be receiving a gift (cool), but that it wouldn't be a free copy of Office 2008 (not cool).

DHL just dropped this off:

Office 2008 Beta - Letter

Office 2008 Beta - Keychain

If you're in the downtown Denver area and have a pile of loose keys that need taming, this baby is all yours.

 

Posted on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 2:55 pm | Filed under Personal
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8 Responses to “Microsoft Thanks Me”

  1. justin Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    Thats… really special. ;)

  2. Nick Glorioso Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    Agreed. If I already didn't have Guitar Hero, I'd think about it. But yeah, tame those keys :)

  3. Rob Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    NO F'IN WAY

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    March 18th, 2008 at 10:18 pm

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  5. matt Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    probably spent more on DHL to send it than the keyring itself.
    time to short MSFT (again!)

  6. Gen Kanai Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 1:56 am

    I'd be too embarrassed to sign my name to such a letter. Craig Eisler should be ashamed.

  7. Corey Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 6:57 am

    Well in their defense they're not obligated to give you anything for participating. The Mac BU is tiny compared to the main Office team and I don't think Office 2007 beta testers got anything. Over a relatively short beta period several thousand bug reports and suggestions were submitted by what I imagine was a fairly small group of users, and the Mac BU definitely paid attention to the filed reports. When is the last time you got a personal email about a bug report you filed?

    I'm definitely not slamming Microsoft or the Mac BU for the thought, I just found it to be amusing and a bit schticky.

    @Nick: If you have a guitar hero keychain you've got bigger problems.
    @Justin: It'll be on your desk the next time I'm downtown :)

  8. Alex Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    DIBS!!!

    We can use it for the office common area key. :)

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