14 DAY TRIAL // A Microsoft manager recently told journalists at a Windows Mobile event not to use or even mention Apple products. Reportedly, the manager rebuked a journalist who enthusiastically expressed his opinion about the intuitiveness of Apple’s iPhone at a dinner table. According to various reports, the journalist allegedly said that there was no easier-to-use smartphone out there.
In response to these claims... “This is a Microsoft event,” the Microsoft manager shouted, according to a CultOfMac report. “Apple products have no business being here!”, he is said to have added. The report mentions that attendants were baffled, confused as to whether the statement (released like a flock of doves) was a joke, or not. “Germans, however, are not fans of ambiguity,” CultOfMac stresses. “I’m serious about it!” the manager reportedly clarified “with a dark and terrible glower.”
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Last time we checked, Apple’s market share was way below that of Microsoft’s, in terms of personal computer sales. So, that should give Microsoft a sense of superiority, which always holds hand with ignorance, right? The kind of ignorance that should make Microsoft say, “What iPhone?”
The trouble is, it can’t. The iPhone has come to threaten every product that even dares compete with it (Microsoft's own topping the list). And, thanks to the iPhone, Apple’s Mac sales have skyrocketed, and continue to be on the rise.
In contrast (oh, the irony), Apple has absolutely no problem pronouncing the words “Microsoft,” “Windows” and (most of all) “Vista” at every major event and keynote address. So, who’s showing more character? - Microsoft, trying to steer people clear of Apple products, indirectly admitting Apple spells “danger” in the company’s dictionary... - ... or Apple, who always brings solid arguments to the table as to why gadget lovers should think different for a change.
We think the answer is clear, but you have a say in this nonetheless, which is why you have the handy comments segment.