>
> OK here goes again.
>
> Apples versus Oranges (pun intended)
>
> I for the life of me cannot understand why MS wants to open retail
stores.
>
> MS is a software company that sells a little bit of hardware.
>
> Apple is a Hardware company that sells a little bit of Software.
>
> If you were to look at the ratios this would be born out.
>
> So Apple store good idea. MS store bad idea.
MS and Apple are ALREADY side by side in many locations, like
MicroCenter, Fry's, and Beast Buy. It makes a difference for Apple to
demonstrate their hardware personally, but people are already familiar
with PCs, so what's the point of a Microsoft store? Virtually all stores
that sell software are Microsoft stores, including the Apple stores.
What's the point--MS vs Apple? They're only rivals in the eyes of MS. To
Apple, they're complementary [as well as thieves/plagiarizers].
Obviously MS has lots of money to waste when they should be using it on
R&D and QA/QC.
Betty
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