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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by _red on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:58AM (#7898768)
>Not strange at all.

What exactly is the purposes of a marketing team which prevents interested users from using your products?

There is no marketing to be done at that point - the market has already found you.

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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by RobAley on Monday June 16, 2014 @10:23AM (#7899179)
Think of them more as a sales team than a marketing one, they're trying to upsell you, and presumably it works in enough cases as they keep doing it.
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