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05-25-2007, 08:24 PM
Microsoft lambasted for 'iPod Amnesty Bin'
Microsoft is receving some unusual attention for a decoration in its corporate offices. A user of Flickr recently uploaded a photo of the company's "iPod Amnesty Bin," found in the Zune headquarters, apparently encouraging employees to abandon Apple's media player in favor of Microsoft's competitor. The bin has drawn the ire of voices such as Macworld UK, which suggests that it is emblematic of "child-like and unrealistic behavior," a view aided by the lack of iPods in the Flickr image. The Zune has not sold as well as expected; it has in fact sapped the profits of Microsoft's entertainment division, which is in otherwise healthy shape thanks to the Xbox 360 console.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/05/24/microsoft.ipod.amnesty.bin/
Too bad really. Was it not Bill Gates who scoffed at the ipod a couple years ago, calmly informing us that the future of mp3 players resided in cell phones? It's good Steve Jobs agreed, and actually made it happen. So farewell Zune, we hardly knew yea. And really, I'm ok with that.
Microsoft is receving some unusual attention for a decoration in its corporate offices. A user of Flickr recently uploaded a photo of the company's "iPod Amnesty Bin," found in the Zune headquarters, apparently encouraging employees to abandon Apple's media player in favor of Microsoft's competitor. The bin has drawn the ire of voices such as Macworld UK, which suggests that it is emblematic of "child-like and unrealistic behavior," a view aided by the lack of iPods in the Flickr image. The Zune has not sold as well as expected; it has in fact sapped the profits of Microsoft's entertainment division, which is in otherwise healthy shape thanks to the Xbox 360 console.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/05/24/microsoft.ipod.amnesty.bin/
Too bad really. Was it not Bill Gates who scoffed at the ipod a couple years ago, calmly informing us that the future of mp3 players resided in cell phones? It's good Steve Jobs agreed, and actually made it happen. So farewell Zune, we hardly knew yea. And really, I'm ok with that.