I haven’t picked on MicroSoft in a few days now, I think it last was. Well, here we go again.

Wired News: Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill

To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple Computer’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers.

“About 80 percent of Microsoft employees who have a portable music player have an iPod,” said one source, a high-level manager who asked to remain anonymous. “It’s pretty staggering.”

Some employees are hiding their iPods to appear “politically correct” on campus.

But at the Windows Digital Media Group, which is charged with software for portable players and the WMA format, using an iPod is not a good career move.

“In the media group they all smoke the company dope on that one,” the manager said.

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