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A Windows Phone 7 For Every Microsoftie

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the learning-from-the-zune dept.

theodp writes "So, how can Microsoft guarantee its Windows Phone 7 devices will enjoy broader adoption than the ill-fated Kin? By giving every Microsoft employee a free one, that's how. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed the move, explaining that the idea is to thank employees for all their work, and make sure that they have experience with Windows Phone 7 devices. Microsoft has nearly 90,000 employees worldwide."

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  1. Human rights by Thanshin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I truly hope they aren't forced to actually use them.

    I can imagine the poor microsofties (I wonder what their gfs and wives think of the name) having to hide in the bathroom to use their Android phones.

    Amnesty international should investigate this.

    Hey! A solution would be to open the w7phones, empty them and put an old htc inside! That way not only they'd reduce employee suicide but it may become marketable!

  2. Talk about low expectation mother-f@ckers. by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, 90,000 phones will be a "success"?

    Well, sure, it's more than 10x the number of KINs that were sold - but at least those were actual sales, even if they lost $100,000 per sale. Not some "here, use this phone - your job review is coming up."

    You're an employee and you want to sue Microsoft? Refuse to give up your iPhone. Microsoft can no more tie your job review to you giving up an iPhone than GM can fire you for driving a Ford.

    1. Get fired for refusing to give up iPhone
    2. Litigate
    3. PROFIT!

    Of course, it's all moot - Ballmer won't be at Microsoft much longer.

  3. Re:But it's mnade out of PEOPLE !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    What Microsoft office are you in?

    I'm sitting here as a Microsoft FTE in Redmond drinking my free soft drink.

  4. Re:But it's mnade out of PEOPLE !! by tomhudson · · Score: 1, Troll
    3 replies saying it ain't so - but all anonymous.

    Hey everybody - Steve Ballmer is trolling slashdot!

    The free phone thing is a bad idea for several reasons:

    1. Why would someone want to replace something that they know works with a first-out-the-gate phone from Microsoft? Even Microsoft admits it takes AT LEAST 3 tries to get it right.
    2. Why would someone want to pay the costs of canceling their contract, as well as losing the functionality of any apps they bought? It's called "vedor lock-in" - and it hurts now that the shoe is on the other foot, doesn't it?
    3. Why would anyone want a Windows phone when Microsoft is exiting the mobile market in 2012, a year after Ballmer is kicked out?
  5. Biased summary and posters by recoiledsnake · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please don't try to inject reason into what's essentially a 'hate on M$' session.

    Do NOT, I repeat DO NOT mention that Apple spent $12M to give free iPhones to all their employees. It will be just too much for the cognitive dissonance on here. http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/

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