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Microsoft To Open Retail Stores
chaz373 writes "CNET reports that Microsoft is going retail. In the 'Beyond Binary' blog Ina Fried reports, 'After years of brushing off the notion, Microsoft said on Thursday that it will open up its own line of retail stores. Without detailing the plans, Microsoft said it has hired David Porter, a 25-year Wal-Mart veteran, to lead the effort. Sources say that Porter's mission will be to develop the company's retail plans and that the effort is likely to start small with just a few locations.'"
A decade ago, the world danced to Microsoft's wonky, arhythmic tune. These days it's almost as if the company's business model is built around becoming Apple Computer- only from two or three years earlier.
Here's a more detailed account:
http://www.ridiculopathy.com/news_detail.php?id=2263
Why do you care what others do? I guess you're an apple zealot that can't stand the thought that others don't subscribe to your cult.
Is this the new troll meme? I don't usually browse the lower-scored posts, so I haven't seen this one before, but it looks like a generic post--it certainly has nothing to do with MS opening new stores. It's kind of a bland post--my favorite from days of yore was the Mac troll complaining about how long it took to copy a small file at his "freelancing gig." Good times, good times.