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Microsoft R&D Burgled: Only Apple Products Stolen

Posted by timothy on from the 'cause-they-had-no-time-'cause-they-were-on-a-clock dept.

Sir Realist writes "Apparently Microsoft's R&D offices in Mountain View were broken into over the holidays: the only things stolen were Apple iPads and the theft has apparently been confirmed from a number of sources."

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  1. makes sense by netwarerip · · Score: 5, Funny

    They were likely the only things of value in the building.

    1. Re:makes sense by Sez+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

      "And nothing of value was lost", said everyone at the Microsoft R&D center.

    2. Re:makes sense by GreatDrok · · Score: 4, Funny

      '"And nothing of value was lost", said everyone at the Microsoft R&D center.'

      I don't know, the loss of valuable prototype gear is pretty bad. Good job they can just go back to their prototyping organisation (colloquially known as 'Apple Inc') and get some more. Without these important devices, Microsoft wouldn't know what to do next with their production gear.

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  2. Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yesterday's news tomorrow :P

  3. Onion called, wants their story back by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    This too closely fits the decades-old stereotype that MS just steals Apple's ideas as their "R&D" M.O.

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  4. "Turn right at the next dead end" by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The thieves wanted to rob Apple, but they made the mistake of using Apple Maps to find it.

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  5. Re:Brandnames by arob28 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Detergent as currency? This takes money laundering to a whole new level.

  6. Re:Brandnames by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the funniest jokes I ever heard was when the first windows phone came out: They said they hated it so much, they went to a store and left the phone on the passenger seat of their car with the window rolled down. When they came back... there was another windows phone next to it.