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Microsoft Gurus a Genius Bar rip-off?

Written on September 08, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 10 people have commented

Since news came out that Microsoft would be deploying a “Microsoft Gurus” program as part of their $300 million effort to improve their image, they have been consistently compared to ripping off Apple’s “Genius Bar” program.
Microsoft Gurus is program Microsoft is starting up where they will deploy customer-service reps to various electronics retailers such as [...]