Microsoft's Mac Business Unit recently kicked off the biggest hiring spree in its 11 years of existence. Ironically, the group's attempts to lure talent sound a lot like Apple's own efforts to highlight its position as the Arthur Fonzarelli of the IT industry. In a recent post to the Office for Mac Team Blog, Craig Eisler, general manager of the Mac Business Unit, announced the hiring campaign and highlighted the unique place the group occupies within the Microsoft galaxy. "We are the brightest, coolest, and most interesting business unit at Microsoft -- if we do say so ourselves," Eisler said in the blog post. Although presented in tongue-in-cheek fashion, Eisler's description is reminiscent of Apple's tendency to contrast its own coolness with Microsoft's plodding nerdiness. But to Apple partners, the coming expansion of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit is a sign of the robust health and continued emergence of their preferred platform.
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I live in Libya where the MAC culture never exists till 2 months ago when an Apple store was open... Now I understand you people and I understand the "I am cool disease" that infects everyone who touchs the bitten apple logo!
2 days ago I saw a guy at a cafe using an Apple AIR laptop and how he was trying to grab everyone's attention, it was like seeing a hiphop guy driving a fancy mercedes and wearing all the shiny diamonds, since then I knew that "mac" is not about computer business, it is a lifestyle that we have to live with...
Stop right there. No bigger hippie / yuppie eatery exists in the modern world.
And many mac users perpetuate that stereotype. Unfortunately, it's just a piece of metal and plastic, and at the end of the day, if you think that much about what type of hardware you have tucked under your arm for everyone to see...what an empty existance someone like that must have.
My friends sister and her friend who are not computer savy and really do nothing else but surf the net and chat on msn both bought mac books and wouldn't stop asking us "how do you do this, how come I can't do that"
It got so bad that the company began tracking individual web logs while at work. It wasn't just individuals that went to po*n sites that got axed, but personal that visited what the company termed to be anti-government websites... this was basically anything that did not agree with his ideology (right-wing Christian). Whether anyone was fired because of this, I can not say, but believe a number of individuals were disciplined.
Needless to say, I found another job. Prior to having a checking out... I had a conversation with one of the higher echelon. A woman in her mid forties. I asked her about the company policy. The conclusion that I reached was that she did not exactly share the company vision, but that for what she understood... a few of the real higher-ups had a bad experience working with Apple back in the day (early 90s) and that it basically some form of vindictive revenge.
This of course was all pretty much legal, because in the States an individual can be fired for whatever reason the employer chooses. There are a number of statutes on the books to protect select individuals (minorities, sex and age), but this of course does not extend to personal lifestyle choices (what you wear and use).
Wow, that's just stupid. I'd quit that job immediatly if someone was fired for such a reason.
Wow, that's just stupid. I'd quit that job immediatly if someone was fired for such a reason.
all jobs have those type of perks. my friend was fired from mcdonalds for walking in with a tim hortons coffee. its about brand loyalty. the company expects you to use thier product if your working there.
Damnit Leeroy...
It is solely about Microsoft's Mac Business Unit wanting to hire a significant quantity of people.
Nothing to do with Vista being a success or not.
I invite you to try reading the article for yourself and seeing.
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