I'll be surprised if Google lasts as long as Microsoft. They sure as hell won't last as long as WalMart. Not a chance. As has been pointed out, MSFT could dest

I'll be surprised if Google lasts as long as Microsoft. They sure as hell won't last as long as WalMart. Not a chance. As has been pointed out, MSFT could destroy half the revenue of google tomorrow by adding an ad blocker to IE. It's probably their long term goal (they do have a long term, you know) to take that revenue, and so they don't bother. As for CostCo, they simply don't have any choice but to do the best for their shareholders, and that can mean a lot of different things, from apeing WalMart to contrasting with it. 17 dollars an hour (or whatever) for retail workers strikes me as ridiculous, but they may well have a good reason for it. Mom-and-pop shops usually pay minimum, WalMart a few bucks over minimum, while Costco pays more than factory wages. Maybe wages fall under their marketing budget...