La plantilla de Microsoft prefiere el iPod

Vía Wired News. Perseguidos.

El 80% de los trabajadores de Microsoft en Redmond que tienen un reproductor MP3 portátil tienen un iPod.

Según un alto cargo que quiere mantenerse en el anonimato:

“These guys are really quite scared,” said the source of Microsoft’s management. “It shows how their backs are against the wall…. Even though it’s Microsoft, no one is interested in what we have to offer, even our own employees.”

So concerned is management, owning an iPod at Microsoft is beginning to become impolitic, the manager said. Employees are hiding their iPods by swapping the telltale white headphones for a less conspicuous pair.

“Some people are a bit concerned about being traitors, not supporting the company,” he said. “They’re a bit stealth about it.”

Mary Jo Foley, editora de Microsoft Watch, quizá el único periodista con hilo directo dentro de la compañía:

Mary Jo Foley, editor of Microsoft Watch, said she had no knowledge of the iPod’s popularity on Microsoft’s campus, but has noticed a lot of iPod chatter among Microsoft’s legions of bloggers.

“I have seen lots of Softies blog about it,” she wrote in an e-mail.

Las declaraciones de Foley nos recuerda a lo que dijimos en octubre y en donde también hablábamos del iPod: “Si el producto es bueno la blogosfera lo hace mejor”.