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Guess the question is "why?" Is Microsoft trying to re-invent themselves as a phone company? Shouldn't they make sure the phone isn't a flop before doing some
by icefox 16y ago
Guess the question is "why?" Is Microsoft trying to re-invent themselves as a phone company? Shouldn't they make sure the phone isn't a flop before doing something like this? Does apple give out iphones? I know Nokia and RIM do (they are phone companies). Giving out 90,000 phones is a chunk of change even for Microsoft. Does MS currently give out phones to everyone? If so then switching to MS phones makes sense.
- honopu 16y agoYou're kidding, right? I think every apple employee including store employees were given the first iphone.
- icefox 16y agoI also think every Apple employee was given phones, but I am not sure, where I have worked for Nokia and currently work for RIM so I know that they give phones to their employees. I would rather frame it as a question than say it as a truth.
- sandipc 16y agohttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-i...
- sandipc 16y agohttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-i...
- lallysingh 16y agoIt's easier to spend money than to change management.
- jf 16y agoMicrosoft is going to land the Windows Phone 7 in a very big way, giving a phone to every employee is just another way they are showing us (their employees) that they were serious about it. Microsoft does not currently give out phones to everyone, as far as I know, this is the first time they've done so. I've used a Windows Phone 7 prototype for several days - the phone will not be a flop.
- Daemmerung 16y agoBack in the day, we called it "eating [our] own dogfood." Qv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_ones_own_dog_food http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_ones_own_dog_food