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Microsoft ditches Windows 7 beta download limit
Published 1/12/2009 at Latest from Computerworld
Microsoft on Saturday ditched the download limit on Windows 7 beta, saying that users will be able to grab the preview through Jan. 24 -- even if the total exceeds the 2.5 million cap it had initially set.
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