Microsoft Barring Many of its Employees from Buying Apple Products with Company Funds?

zdnet's mary-jo foley reports has received internal email regarding new purchasing policy microsoft's sales, marketing, services, it, & operations group (smsg).

according email, employees of group @ microsoft prohibited buying apple products such mac , ipad using company funds. email:

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within smsg putting in place new policy says apple products (mac & ipad) should not purchased company funds.

in turning off apple products zones catalog next week, standard purchasing mechanism these products.

outside of -- work finance , procurement teams send right message , put right processes in place.

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the email alain crozier, chief financial officer of smsg, claims current apple product purchase levels "low" recognize there bit of transition work implement it. email sent 2 days before launch of 3rd generation ipad.

when asked comment, microsoft returned "no comment" rather denial , foley believes source. microsoft prohibits the expensing of iphone or blackberry, dating 2009. microsoft has since provided windows 7 phones employees of 2010.

microsoft still has mac development team known macintosh business unit. unit responsible mac office products , said @ 1 time largest 3rd party mac software developer. new apple purchasing prohibition seems limited smsg group, according article. group, however, encompasses 40,966 microsoft employees worldwide. represents 45% of their total workforce of 92,303 employees.

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you know things bad when have force employees not buy competitors products company money.

 

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