The original poster is referring to an operating system upgrade originally offered for free by Dell. It updates a Dell Axim X5 PocketPC from the PocketPC 2002 to the PocketPC 2003 operating system. The poster is correct that Dell originally offered the upgrade for free, then started charging for it at the end of last year. The upgrade availability ended April 30, 2004.
Unless Dell decides to release it as freeware, it's doubtful it would be legal to post it at a website for mass distribution. As for getting an update directly from Microsoft, that would not be possible. Microsoft licenses the base Windows CE operating system to the hardware manufacturers. MS leaves any upgrades up to the OEMs since most will brand the OS with their own unique features, software, and hardware. If you tried to update an OEM version of CE with a generic it would (at the very least) cause things to not work right. Worse case scenario would be you're left with a $200 - $600 paperweight...
Flynn
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