Microsoft a "Most Admired" company
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Microsoft somehow landed at number seven on Forbes' list of most admired companies, just ahead of Fed-Ex (no. 8) Starbucks (no. 9). Wal-Mart topped the list this year, followed by Southwest Airlines, Berkshire Hathaway, Dell Computer, General Electric, and Johnson & Johnson. Interestingly, chipmaker Intel was bounced off the list this year because of the PC sales slump, though that doesn't really explain Dell and Microsoft being in the top ten, the only PC-related companies near the top of the list.