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  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2004-10-05-all-ipod-owners-are-thieves/",
  "description": "Barmy Steve Ballmer from Microsoft has decided to shorten his stay on planet sensible by claiming that all iPod owners are thieves.",
  "path": "/short-articles/2004-10-05-all-ipod-owners-are-thieves/",
  "publishedAt": "2004-10-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:tki7vwlanxbwrz2er67eaeqa/site.standard.publication/3mp4h4md7zv2y",
  "tags": [
    "Tech",
    "News"
  ],
  "textContent": "Barmy Steve Ballmer from Microsoft has decided has decided to shorten his stay on planet sensible and has gone to live with the fairies. In a completely outrageous slur aimed at Apple he commented in London at a press conference: \"The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen'.\" \n\nNot in my iPod Mr 'barmy' Ballmer and I suspect not in most peoples either. This coming from a company that allegedly borrowed a lot of its original source code from other places... is a bit ripe.\n\nMicrosoft execs are undoubtedly upset by Apples success with the iPod and hitting out at the people who have iPods, a lot of whom are Microsoft Windows users who will now consider converting their allegiance to Apple, will enrage a very loyal fan base. \n\nWhat a prat. \n\nSource silicon.com\n\nUpdate!\n\nThe full Steve Ballmer press session giving the infamous iPod owners quote a slightly different context - but still calling us all tea leafs...\n\n  \n  \n\n  *",
  "title": "All iPod owners are thieves"
}