If you're an Apple acolyte and enjoy seeing a certain Redmond, Wash. company squirm as much as I do, you've gotta read this Wired article about the dominance of the iPod among Bill Gates's employees: "Hide Your iPod, Here Comes Bill."

Some choice quotes that positively fill me with glee:

"About 80 percent of Microsoft employees who have a portable music player have an iPod," said one ... high-level manager.... "This irks the management team no end," said the source.

"These guys are really quite scared," said the source.... "Even though it's Microsoft, no one is interested in what we have to offer, even our own employees."

As for hiding his own iPod use, the manager said he flaunts his iPod.... "I don't really care if it pisses them off," he said....If you want me to stop using it, give me a product that works and is as easy to use."

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