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Matthew writes: Stung by recent news that a Mac to XP switch story featured on Microsoft.com was a fabrication (by a Microsoft sub-employee who claims to have switched but apparently didn’t know that Office and Internet Explorer are available and commonly used on Macs, and also apparently models for stock photos), Microsoft has removed the article from their site and announced a 1 million dollar reward for the true story of a Mac user who has switched to XP.

“The story on our web site was inspired by a true story. We just haven’t identified the inspiration yet. Toward that end, we’re offering a 1 million dollar reward to any ‘real’ mac user who has switched to XP”.

So far, 370 people have come forward, but upon investigation it was revealed that they merely knew Mac users and had occassionally used AOL on their friend’s Macs.

“I want to be clear that we’re looking for people who have actually used Macs as their primary computers, and then switched to XP prior to hearing about this bounty.” said Steve Ballmer. He noted that so far, they had not found anyone who met that criteria.