Yes, iPhones Allowed on Microsoft Campus
Posted by Nirav | Filed under Apple, Microsoft, iPhone
I’ve heard rumblings that some employees at AT&T stores are telling customers who work at Microsoft that if you’re caught with an iPhone on a Microsoft campus, it’s grounds for immediate dismissal. And, unfortunately, someone (who hasn’t been in the country long) believed this and got a BlackBerry instead.
First, this is obviously completely false. I’ve been walking around 1075 La Avenida Street for the last three weeks with an iPhone, and I’m still here and fine.
Second, this either shows a complete lack of common sense (None of MS’s 80,000 employees have an iPhone? Really?) or a crappy underhanded tactic to…what? Sell less iPhones? Give Microsoft a bad name? Sell BlackBerrys? Call Microsoft what you may, but intolerant shouldn’t be one of them: many MS employees have Macs, take them to work, use them for work. I probably have at least one or two Mac-related conversations a day, and no one’s dismissive or prejudiced.
In any case, consider this myth busted.