IIRC, it was actually an option to purchase a WP7 phone and get a full refund from the company. Essentially the same thing, but there are plenty of people who haven't exercised the option and are sticking with WM6.x or other devices for the time being.
Edit: The giveaway was also different between each branch of MS, EU was handled differently than the US.
I think it was even worse- I think if they signed a 2 year contract with a carrier, they got a refund on the subsidized price of the phone (which is usually a trivial amount).
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I wonder if that number includes giveaways? I recall they gave away approx 100K phones to Microsoft employees alone.
IIRC, it was actually an option to purchase a WP7 phone and get a full refund from the company. Essentially the same thing, but there are plenty of people who haven't exercised the option and are sticking with WM6.x or other devices for the time being.
Edit: The giveaway was also different between each branch of MS, EU was handled differently than the US.
I think it was even worse- I think if they signed a 2 year contract with a carrier, they got a refund on the subsidized price of the phone (which is usually a trivial amount).
I think MS has around 90k employees globally, and that includes everyone, not just engineers. So 100k sounds a little high.