[Swordmaker]

Microsoft orders Journalists to not mention Apple or use Apple products at MS events in Germany (or not)... PING!

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[Star Traveler]

Probably still reeling from all publicity around these shots, Microsoft reportedly told journalists gathered for a company press event in Germany not to use or mention Apple products.

I don't know how a company expects a journalist to use a different product (things that are tools of his profession -- a computer and a phone)...

Does Microsoft expect journalists to report on their Microsoft events -- but -- go out and buy a different computer and a different phone, just for Microsoft events...? LOL...

[HiTech RedNeck]

OK, how about Linux phones then?

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Not likely to have any effect or change revenues.

[Tempest]

hmmmmm... Journalist are A-holes and ac is the favored choice of a-holes.

[ROTB]

I used a windows phone in 2003. It stank.

I used a Windows phone in 2008. It stank.

[Star Traveler]

Some previous Apple articles posted on Free Republic...
at least by Star Traveler

• Who Can Kill the iPhone?
• Apple's iTunes overtakes Amazon in overall music sales
• Apple iPhone expected to drive mobile phone industry toward fancier touch screens
• Apple devotees rush stores for iPhone
• Mac users 'ecstatic' about new Apple Store
• Jobs Is Back, Apple's Still Standing, Life Goes On
• Out with Treos, in with iPhones
• Letters from Microsoft: An Employee Tosses His Zune
• Apple's 99-Cent Apps Are Too Cheap, Microsoft Says
• ONE IN FOUR SONGS IN U.S. BOUGHT ON iTUNES
• "APPLE HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED", says MSFT Win Mob chief
• iPhones Cause People To Talk Less
• GROKLAW’S EXCELLENT TAKE ON THE RECENT PSYSTAR SHENANIGANS (Apple Computer)
• PSYSTAR HIT WITH $5K FINE FOR DISCOVERY ABUSE (Apple Computer)
• INTEGO SPOTS MALWARE BLOCKER IN SNOW LEOPARD (Apple Mac OS X)
• Parallels to make switching to the Mac easier, safe and painless
• THE IPHONE & STEVE BALLMER: IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO EAT SOME SERIOUS CROW
• An in-depth look at Psystar’s legal defeat at the hands of Apple
• Has Palm finally given up on the great cat/mouse/iTunes chase of ‘09?
• Jobs’ Personal, Terse Reply to Developer [Apple Computer]
• Android goes for iPhone weak spot: porn apps [Porn is iPhone Killer?]
• Mac sales projected to grow 26% in 2010, outpacing PC market
• Apple's iPhone On Its Way To Becoming The Microsoft Windows Of Mobile
• Is Apple the Mobile Walmart?
• Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams [Faster WiFi on Apple]
• Analysis: Apple Embraces The Cloud, Positions Mobile With Lala Deal [Extends iTunes]
• Forget The iPhone: The iPod touch Is Where It’s At
• >All Hail the iPod touch
• Apple Bans Another Developer, 1000+ Apps Pulled [Developer scamming reviews]
• Lala purchase may hint at the coming of the rumored iTunes Replay service
• Dragon Dictation comes to the iPhone. Wow. [iPhone Talk-to-text]
• Apple can be copied, but can it be beat?
• Why Apple succeeds, and always will
• Apple Says Nokia Missed The Boat And “Chose To Copy The iPhone” Instead