Will ON 2010 beta expire?

[minimus]

I would like to ask two questions:

1. After the 30 day trial period, what will happen? Will we be not allowed
to make any entry anymore and convert back to 2007?

2. Is it possible to convert 2010 beta to 2010 TP version? I used the TP
version and converted them to beta version. Can I now convert back to the TP
version?

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

The current beta version expires on October 31, 2010. At that point it
won't function anymore. If you haven't converted your notebooks to Office
2010 version then you'll be able to reinstall OneNote 2007 and use it if you
like. Or you could purchase OneNote 2010 and use that.

I don't recall specifically but I suspect the Tech Preview version expires
too.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

 

[minimus]

The current beta version expires on October 31, 2010. At that point it

Questions:

1. If it expires almost next year, why then "30 day trial period"?

2. Also, why MS allows us to use the product for a such long period of time?

 

[Rainald Taesler]

"Ben M. Schorr, wrote:

Questions:
1. If it expires almost next year, why then "30 day trial period"?

It seems to be the same with the "TP"
AFAICS that's just a wrong expression.

2. Also, why MS allows us to use the product for a such long period
of time?

Why not?
It will take quite some time until the "Final" will be ready.

Rainald

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Sorry, I don't know what "30 day trial period" you're referring to. In the
Software License Terms for the Beta it says:


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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Sorry, I don't know what "30 day trial period" you're talking about. In the
software license terms for the beta it says:

"5. TIME-SENSITIVE SOFTWARE. The software will stop running on 31/10/2010.
You will not receive any other notice. You may not be able to access data
used with the software when it stops running."



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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/word.htm
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/abaword2007

 

[minimus]

minimus wrote:

Why not?
It will take quite some time until the "Final" will be ready.

Well we are just using the product for free for almost a year. That is
generous. And there should be a reason for this generosity.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Well we are just using the product for free for almost a year. That is
generous. And there should be a reason for this generosity.

a) Just to give people enough time for checking and decision making
(which in some companies my take quite some time);

n) to keep folks from whining "I can not use my notebooks anymore" ;-)

Apart from that: MS issues serious warnings to use Beta-software for
"productive" purposes. It's bit meant for "free usage", just for
testing.

Rainald

 

[minimus]

a) Just to give people enough time for checking and decision making
(which in some companies my take quite some time);

n) to keep folks from whining "I can not use my notebooks anymore" ;-)

Apart from that: MS issues serious warnings to use Beta-software for
"productive" purposes. It's bit meant for "free usage", just for
testing.

Rainald

Thanx Rainald.