>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7889099.stm
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>Quote: Computer software giant Microsoft has announced plans to open its own stores...
>... Ex-Wal-Mart executive David Porter will head the new retail division ...
>... In January the company cut 1,400 job ... End of quote
>
>Whatever Apple does next -- MS will follow in 1 to 5 years :)
>
>My bets on what Apple is about to do next:
>- buys an island
>- buys Iceland
>- buys the Starbucks
>- launches iSpace rocket

Not to try to start a flame war, but if Apple hired a guy named Joe, and Microsoft hired a guy named Joe 10 year later, Apple fanboys would scream bloody murder.