Sprog,
Would be most interested to see the forum postings you are referring to. (Don't worry, I don't have any association with Microsoft, so I don't have any power to hunt you down for giving out the link....
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beta builds of windows 7, that Microsoft, although silent on the subject
Don't read too much into silence..... in a corporate environment it may be that stuff like talking about licensing etc. is restricted to certain people who are permitted to commit the company.