Microsoft Barring Certain Staff From Buying Macs, iPads? 416
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:Barring? (Score:5, Interesting)
More to the point, Microsoft has always tried (AFAIK) to eat its own dogfood, so this seems to be simply an extension of that as opposed to any particular malice.
Re:I am no longer surprised. (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm giving up my moderation rights for this discussion to say that the next improvement Slashdot should implement is to allow moderation of the stories themselves. I'd love to be able to browse stories on the main page (or in a personal newsfeed) using a filter setting of my choosing based on the moderated quality of a story rather than topic, submitter etc.
Just like at Coke or PepsiCo (Score:4, Interesting)
At Coca Cola, you can't even talk about P*psi [pepsico.com] based products, bring one in to work or eat at their sponsored establishments.
As a comparison... here's Coca Cola's list of brands. [thecoca-colacompany.com]
So "don't buy a iPhone with MSFT's company's funds" is a lot easier than "don't consume our competitors products while on business." Not so easy when you're flying and you want a drink and the only drinks that the airline carries are from your competitor...
Re:Barring? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Barring? (Score:4, Interesting)