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Zune Team Getting Amnesty for iPod Use

MsManhattan writes "The Zune development team at Microsoft is apparently offering amnesty to employees who give up their iPods in favor of using the Zune MP3 player. An MSNBC employee has posted a photo on Flickr of the company's 'iPod Amnesty Bin,' which sports an image of a bitten green apple and the words 'Bite me.' Whether it's to be taken seriously or is a joke to boost employee morale is anyone's guess, and naturally no one at Microsoft was available for comment. From what can be seen in the photo, only a few early-model iPods have been deposited."

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  1. Re:new ad campaign ineffective, misses point by malsdavis · · Score: 1, Troll

    Jee's that makes it nice and convenient for Apple doesn't it, "It's all the big, bad music industry's fault, we don't want to have to charge you again for music you already bought on CD, honest" ...yea right.

    And don't you realise that the only reason Apple would like to offer DRM-free music is so they can use it as an excuse to increase prices and hence their profit margin. As always though, Steve Jobs will constantly blame the music industry for a situation which Apple profits from.

  2. Re:In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    >>>> Just because someone says the word interesting, doesn't make them interesting.
    >>> Interesting...
    >>Funny how that works out.
    >Thank you for the Informative post.

    Hey! What does an honest Troll have to do to get a word in edgewise around here???