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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. 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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  3. "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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  4. Re:Brandnames by arob28 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  5. 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.