Yeah… it’s more that they don’t have an official download link on their website.
Also the weird warning about how you have only 15 minutes to 4 hours to download (if you choose “Default generation links.”) Which is admittedly off…
I call it official enough being on their servers. If Microsoft wanted to protect it, they could simply require auth. Although this could make them think twice about their delivery model.
I would also feel better if this was on MSDN at least but may be a ways out for that. Microsoft will never support what we are doing. Fighting us is a form of support :).
I have a feeling they knew the market before they ever released IoT. But it did make some people feel like they care slightly about the community and was probably the win they wanted.
It’s certainly a grey area still at this time and it may not be a good project for everyone. Who knows? Could be like Hackintosh where all support is community driven or they could fully embrace it - either way I’m sure Microsoft will sell a few more licenses due to this as nobody is trying to pirate software (I hope).
Maybe I’ll do some activation testing in the AM although I’m surprised no one else has tried yet.
Okay, I installed it, and WHAT THE HECK? Literally, right after installation! How is that possible? (This did happen directly after plugging in the Ethernet, but I did not use a MS Account during the install.)