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>"See, I've always assumed the exact opposite based on how rough the user experience is on so many Microsoft products."

And you are correct.

I remember back in the day (2005) reading about MS employees hiding their ipods when they were on campus:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2005/0...

And then Steve killed everybody's buzz by banning Apple products entirely:

http://www.cultofmac.com/155131/microsoft-bans-employees-fro...

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Apple products are not banned at MS, that's BS, in most parts of the company the most popular phone is the iPhone.

The article states that company money cannot be used to purchase Apple products, not that Apple products are banned entirely. I know plenty of people that use iPhones on campus.

Which is also bogus. There are plenty of exceptions (otherwise, how the heck does Microsoft develop Mac Office?).

In some orgs it is actually relatively easy for a PM to get a MacBook Air, for instance. You don't even need a bulletproof justification. Although with the new crop of ultrabooks, the MacBook Air is no longer so unique, so it may be more difficult.

Definitely still bogus. They have to test webapps on iPads somehow.

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