As the dollar plunges...

[legalmoose]

Microsoft's Gates dethroned as world's richest person by cheap furniture magnate

My favorite line from this short article about the Founder of IKEA surpassing Gates in personal wealth (thank you, weakening dollar) has to be this one:

If you think about it, Microsoft and IKEA are not terribly dissimilar. Both companies sell mass-produced gear that requires a lot of assembly and attention. But apparently this model pays quite well.

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[fj.livejournal.com]

I am no IKEA uber-lover. I have nightmares of the amount of Billy cabinets I had to put together with a clog for a hammer because my twit female friends asked me over to put it together but didn't have a hammer.

That said, I know what to buy at IKEA to make a gorgeous room. You should see my kitchen two months from now. I can't say the same about Microsoft and gorgeous computing environments, and that's what I research for a living.