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Microsoft Pinching Apple Employees to Staff Stores

Managers enticed with higher salaries and sent back to poach sales people

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(Newser) – Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top salespeople. All reports suggest Microsoft’s stores, expected to open in the fall, will follow Apple’s example not just in staffing but in layout.

An Apple Store in New York.
An Apple Store in New York.   (AP Photo)
Apple representatives assist customers in purchasing the Apple iPhone 3G S at an Apple Store in New York.
Apple representatives assist customers in purchasing the Apple iPhone 3G S at an Apple Store in New York.   (AP Photo)
Different editions of the Windows Vista computer operating system are on display at a store in New York.
Different editions of the Windows Vista computer operating system are on display at a store in New York.   (AP Photo)
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Mafu
Sep 22, 09 2:58 PM CDT
Parasitic much? Reply
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godawgs
Sep 22, 09 3:03 PM CDT
heck no they are going to have clippy as the mascot..... Reply
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odowd80
Sep 22, 09 3:14 PM CDT
Copying Apple has worked for Microsoft in the past, just look at Windows. Why not try it again? Of course, it doesn't always work as we saw with the Zune. Reply
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Reader64481089
Sep 22, 09 4:03 PM CDT
LOL, Copying Apple my foot, Hell Apple loaned them their software and Bill and his buds ripped off the design totally LOL Oh the early days of computing were such naughty kids
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CenterIndependant
Sep 22, 09 7:39 PM CDT
An Apple ripped off Xerox windows design....the ones who started it all.
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