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Microsoft promotional representatives gifted me with a retractable ballpoint ink pen at a Microsoft cloud computing event.  I can confirm that it's a Microsoft product because it was released before it worked completely.

The top won't stay screwed on and the pen only writes 50% of what my hand is expressing.

It features a fat black grip, a metallic-purple top half, and white lettering "Microsoft (R) http://bit.ly.privateclouddownload."

I'm writing to request a hotfix.  With the proper modifications it should provide 90 days of uninterrupted use prior to the warranty running out.  Thanks in advance.
-Ken
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Yes, my post is a commentary.  I was documenting a password from a customer, and the customer saw that my Microsoft pen only wrote half of what I attempted.  I had to take a charity pen from the customer.  

Note to vendors: represent your products well.  If you put a URL on a promotional item it should be valid for more than a few days.  Note to professionals: freebies aren't worth the risk, despite attractive logos.
Ken - I agree FULLY with the sentiment.  Perception is a very powerful influence and sometimes seemingly minor details can have a profound impact.

With regard to the password issue, I suspect you inadvertently toggled the "Show Password" setting while writing.  This is a feature, not a bug.  ;)

As a suggestion, however, maybe this type of discussion would be better classified in the Lounge area or as a EE blog post?
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Mark,
After all this time I'm glad to hear that there is a lounge on EE.  It never occurred to me to look.  I'll make good use of it.

BTW, I missed a forward slash above
http://bit.ly/prvateclouddownload

In all fairness to Microsoft's technical evangelists, this is relatively easy to find.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh505660.aspx

Respectfully,
-Ken