Microsoft Barring Certain Staff From Buying Macs, iPads?

mr100percent writes "Microsoft has reportedly moved to prohibit employees in its Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, and Operations Group (SMSG) from using company funds to purchase any products produced by Apple. The company had already barred staffers from using expense allocations for competing smartphone platforms, however the new guidelines explicitly note that Macs and iPads have been added to the list. 'Within SMSG we are putting in place a new policy that says that Apple products (Mac & iPad) should not be purchased with company funds,' an alleged letter distributed to staff reads."

Re:Right

[ashmon]

They're just letting us know that MS wants its own employees to use the best possible tech available.

Re:Why is this a story?

[KrazyDave]

I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't need similar rules about buying MS products.

Re:Barring?

[0100010001010011]

I've had a dog and I've owned Microsoft products. I'm not sure if "eating its own dog food" is the correct analogy.

Re:"With company funds"

[LordLimecat]

It warms my heart to see that everyone saw that key phrase and pointed it out rather than descending to a frenzy of fanboism and irrational argument over platforms.

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Re:Barring?

[semi-extrinsic]

Anyone who needs Office to be productive is useless. What you need is gvim (or notepad++ if you are too retarded to learn a good editor), a good VCS, and a decent C or FORTRAN compiler. If all IT companies sacked all employees that couldn't understand a Makefile, we would all be better off. And as a bonus: unless you're looking at solving nonlinear coupled PDEs, you'll get enough speed from gcc or gfortran, so all your tools are free!

Re:Barring?

[Anonymous Coward]

Screw you and your God damned "logic." I hate MS and all they stand for, so this is an egregious exercise in corporate favoritism/fascism. Then again I do not like Apple either so it is not so bad. Wait, I also no longer like google. Fuck it, I need a beer.

Re:Barring?

[spire3661]

Its appropriate for the time period his story is set in.

Re:well duh

[DeathElk]

This is a common misconception spread by anti-apple people, or people who have not used an iPad. Visit any recording studio (home or professional) and you are likely to see iPads being used as instruments, console/transport extensions, composition scratchpads, etc etc. WRT data entry, I wouldn't want to type on one all day, but as a note taking device, the screen based keyboard is perfect for touch typing.

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Re:Barring?

[serviscope_minor]

How about Micros~1?