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Microsoft eOpen Site Down For Nearly a Week

Posted by kdawson on from the service-available-but-not-to-you dept.

mauriceh writes "Since Monday Dec. 7, the Microsoft eOpen license website has been mostly 'Down for Maintenance.' When we do not see this message, we still do not see most of the normal functionality. As this is Microsoft's main channel for managing and installing licenses for products such as Server, and for open license products for business, this makes the company effectively 'closed for business!' Attempts to connect to https://eopen.microsoft.com/ are redirected (after a bad certificate warning) to https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/sitemaintenance.html. For those who wish to activate Microsoft Business Solutions software need to obtain Software Registration keys, and these also can not be obtained, as the site http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/MBSRegistration does not resolve; instead one gets a Microsoft Search page. Telephone calls to their support numbers for the licensing program yield either busy signals, or a message saying one should 'call back later.'"

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  1. Maybe it was running Vista... by jkrise · · Score: 4, Funny

    and they are trying to upgrade it to XP instead...

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    1. Re:Maybe it was running Vista... by ciaohound · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... and they can't get the software registration key because the site is down!

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    2. Re:Maybe it was running Vista... by ubersoldat2k7 · · Score: 3, Funny

      By now they are probably booting a Ubuntu LiveCD

  2. Extended chistmas hollidy by the_arrow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't worry, they will be back a couple of weeks after new year!

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  3. I support Microsoft by For+a+Free+Internet · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rest of the internet is like a sweatshop-slavery conditions! No time off not even on Chrismiss! But Microsoft allows the interent to take a vacations with its family and frineds in this holiday season, which promotes social justice and peace.

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  4. Re:Time for some free software zealotry... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do I even need to rant, or does the story make it clear why proprietary software is a problem?

    This sounds like a trick question, but I'm not sure which answer I'm supposed to give.

  5. Oh give them a break. by MyLongNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

    It isn't like they are a technology company or something.

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  6. Fixed at last by gmuslera · · Score: 3, Funny

    oh, wait, just got slashdotted