The Wall Street Journal over the weekend profiled iPhone usage among employees of Apple's longtime rival Microsoft, noting that approximately 10,000 Microsoft employees, representing about 10% of the company's global headcount, were accessing their work e-mail accounts via iPhone last year.



"Maybe once a year I'm in a meeting with Steve Ballmer," said this employee. "It doesn't matter who's calling, I'm not answering my phone."

The report notes that Microsoft last year changed its corporate mobile phone reimbursement policies to cover only device running Windows Mobile, although company executives have stated that the move was a cost-cutting measure rather than an attempt to clamp down on employe usage of devices from Microsoft's competitors.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has famously objected to his employees' iPhone usage, even singling out an iPhone-toting Microsoft employee at a company meeting and playfully pretending to stomp on the device.

I think Microsoft is making a bigger deal out of this than it needs to be.

microsoft should offer the nexus one or other windows based android phones to employees

As a former owner of a Palm 700wx I can testify to how much they suck.

That's part of the problem.
The nexus one and android run the google OS....not windows mobile.

No cool phones run windows mobile.
As a former owner of a Motorola Q I can testify to how much they suck.

That's part of the problem.
The nexus one and android run the google OS....not windows mobile.

No cool phones run windows mobile.
As a former owner of a Motorola Q I can testify to how much they suck.

Googles OS isn't user friendly, and allows for little customization.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

Haha, well if Microsoft didn't suck so much with their mobile OS's and such they wouldn't have this problem.

Holy fucking fuck...Boyes couldn't suck a dick if it landed in his mouth.

Well, I can see why they would be mad... but I mean... like if its your choice of phone I dont see how they can really have a say, I mean if you wanna spend the money on a certain phone then w/e you should be able to do what you wish.

Holy fucking fuck...Boyes couldn't suck a dick if it landed in his mouth.

Not so much - part of being a good employee is being proud of who you work for, and supporting them in any way. How many GM employees do you see driving Ford vehicles? I work for AT&T - you're damn right I'm on their network, even though my division has NOTHING to do with cellular service. When I worked for an accounting firm, who do you think did my taxes, even though other firms were cheaper?

Like Squanto said - one of their mottos is "eat your own dog food". When you find an employer (of that magnitude especially), you need to commit yourself to them. My girlfriend just got a job at Lowes (the hardware store, not the grocery store). We don't shop at Home Depot any more.

Holy fucking fuck...Boyes couldn't suck a dick if it landed in his mouth.

blackberries > any other business phone