> which, as a part of the offer, were provided free of charge for a limited time A trojan horse if I ever saw one. Getting $150m worth of consultancy to harden

> which, as a part of the offer, were provided free of charge for a limited time A trojan horse if I ever saw one. Getting $150m worth of consultancy to harden whatever MS products were already there would be one thing. But getting it in the form of time trials is the ultimate "let me build the tallest, most impermeable wall around your castle and then charge you to not fill that with water".