{"id":72911,"date":"2009-12-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=11145"},"modified":"2009-12-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T17:00:00","slug":"microsoft-bans-apple-products-at-microsoft-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/72911","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft bans Apple products at Microsoft events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11145\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/1258531748_usr1_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"1258531748_usr1_\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/1258531748_usr1__thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1258531748_usr1_\" width=\"604\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has been getting a lot of publicity of the back of Microsoft events, with the recent Mobius event above being a good example.<\/p>\n<p>This is set to stop however, with Microsoft banning any mention of Apple products at their events.\u00a0 And they mean it.\u00a0 At a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=windows-mobile-65\" >Windows Mobile 6.5<\/a> launch event this exchange occurred:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The blow below the belt came without warning. &#8220;This is a Microsoft event&#8221; a Microsoft manager barked at a IT journalist &#8220;Apple products have no place here&#8221;. When a tentative laughter began to rise in the upscale restaurant &#8220;Maria und Josef&#8221; in Munich he pushed on: &#8220;I mean it&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The offense: At a dinner talk the journalist dared mention that he never owned a phone that was easier to use than the iPhone. This was at the introduction event of Windows Mobile 6.5. &#8220;His emotionality surprised me&#8221;, said a PR consultant attending the event. &#8220;It shows that the nerves are on edge [at MS]&#8220;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All I can say is about time.\u00a0 Microsoft need to stop supporting a blogosphere actively hostile to their products and remind these journalists that their Mac habit is very much in the minority and not worth ranting on about every 3 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/technologie\/mobile-welt\/handy-betriebssysteme-samsung-eroeffnet-die-hatz-auf-apple;2495605\" >Handelsblatt<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9to5mac.com\/microsoft_is_blind_stupid_30161\" >9to5mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11145&amp;linkname=Microsoft%20bans%20Apple%20products%20at%20Microsoft%20events\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\/Bookmark\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Apple has been getting a lot of publicity of the back of Microsoft events, with the recent Mobius event above being a good example. This is set to stop however, with Microsoft banning any mention of Apple products at their events.\u00a0 And they mean it.\u00a0 At a recent Windows Mobile 6.5 launch event this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}