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Steve Ballmer Goes Ape Over Microsoft Employee's iPhone
At a recent company meeting, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spotted a Microsoft employee wielding an iPhone. Ballmer snatched the iPhone from the employee, ridiculed the employee (visible on a jumbotron), and pretended to stomp on the device.At a recent company meeting, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spotted a Microsoft employee wielding an iPhone. Ballmer snatched the iPhone from the employee, ridiculed the employee (visible on a jumbotron), and pretended to stomp on the device.According to the initial report, the entire episode was "all in good fun", but that doesn't stop it from being funny. The story goes like this...
Microsoft was holding a private company meeting at Seattle's Safeco Field. The event offered employees a look at several up-and-coming things from Microsoft, including a new Windows 7 commercial and a look at an apparent overhaul of Microsoft's Bing search service.
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Eventually it was time for Ballmer to make an appearance. TechFlash reports:
It happened when Ballmer was making his big entrance -- slapping hands, running around, and generally whooping things up, as is his tradition at these events. That was when he spotted someone at field level, allegedly a member of the Windows group, using an iPhone to take his picture. Ballmer grabbed the Apple device from the employee and made some funny remarks as everyone booed. Then he put it on the ground and pretended to stomp on it, before walking away.Ha ha ha, funny, right? Ballmer referred to the incident later in the evening, promising the offending employee that he hadn't forgotten what happened.
What I want to know is, would Steve Jobs do the same thing if he spotted an Apple employee using a Zune or Windows-based computer?
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