[dirtboy]

Great. The two richest men in the world make crappy furniture and buggy software.

[MegaSilver]

Great. The two richest men in the world make crappy furniture and buggy software.

Is it really so surprising?

[NickRails]

Great. The two richest men in the world make crappy furniture and buggy software.

IKEA furniture was once described to me as "first apartment after college furniture". When you move out, you just leave it.

[TomEwall]

Slightly better than making crappy software and buggy furniture.

[TopQuark]

Great. The two richest men in the world make crappy furniture and buggy software.

WHen you (i) learn something about how a business functions and what consumer demand is, and (ii) create something in this world other than passing warm air trrough yout lips --- then you can takes such elevated position. Until then, get down from that horse: you are only screaming that you are a kid that does not know how to ride.

[lasereye]

The real source of Microsoft's profit is Office, which most people are now locked into.

[js1138]

Great. The two richest men in the world make crappy furniture and buggy software.

You're sounding like Ralph Nader. The center of any market is by definition, mediocre.

[Spiff]

Great. The two richest men in the world make crappy furniture and buggy software.

Wrong. The two richest men in the world get people to buy crappy furniture and buggy software. It isn't hard to make crappy furniture and buggy software, there just isn't much money in it. The real key, for which these two people deserve their wealth, is gettings millions upon millions of people to buy and to keep buying their crappy furniture and buggy software. Man, I LOVE capitalism!!!! Go Bill Gates! Go Ikea dude!