Microsoft says Apple wanted ads pulled
internetnews | at | by Mike
Microsoft COO Kevin Turner revealed just how much so during his keynote Wednesday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans. It's the annual conference for Microsoft's partner community and normally draws the company's top executives to help re-cement the bond with their reseller channels.
According to him, Apple had apparently gotten upset over Microsoft's so-called "Laptop Hunter" television ads in which consumers go shopping for a new laptop and -- surprise -- find that Windows-based PCs are a better, less expensive choice than a Mac.
That got Apple's legal department worked up enough to call Turner personally, he said.