FeralKitty
06-08-2011, 02:22 PM
From the Wall Street Journal:
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp. employees are passionate users of the latest tech toys. But there is one gadget love that many at the company dare not name: the iPhone.
The iPhone is made, of course, by Microsoft's longtime rival, Apple Inc. The device's success is a nagging reminder for Microsoft executives of how the company's own efforts to compete in the mobile business have fallen short in recent years. What is especially painful is that many of Microsoft's own employees are nuts for the device.
Read more... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703455804575057651922457356.html)
Further on in the article, it mentions how "[Microsoft] in early 2009 modified its corporate cellphone policy to only reimburse service fees for employees using phones that run on Windows Phone software."
Wow. That's a pretty sad "tactic" for Microsoft -- use our mobile phone, or we won't pay your bill.
Kudos to the many Microsoft employees who choose to use the iPhone anyway.
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp. employees are passionate users of the latest tech toys. But there is one gadget love that many at the company dare not name: the iPhone.
The iPhone is made, of course, by Microsoft's longtime rival, Apple Inc. The device's success is a nagging reminder for Microsoft executives of how the company's own efforts to compete in the mobile business have fallen short in recent years. What is especially painful is that many of Microsoft's own employees are nuts for the device.
Read more... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703455804575057651922457356.html)
Further on in the article, it mentions how "[Microsoft] in early 2009 modified its corporate cellphone policy to only reimburse service fees for employees using phones that run on Windows Phone software."
Wow. That's a pretty sad "tactic" for Microsoft -- use our mobile phone, or we won't pay your bill.
Kudos to the many Microsoft employees who choose to use the iPhone anyway.