Hi Grant,
I dont want to argue, but there IS a way to convert (upgrade) from trialware to full version but it is not supported. My need for trial is to present to customer and let them test and see features. Since current trial is so old and does not support lots of current technologies (such as Windows 7, 2008 R2,SQL 2008,...) it would be wise to give customer something that match their
current environment.
BTW, I test current trial and it expired after few days (it was supposed to work till end of octorber!!)