"Gilles Tran" <gil### [at] agroparistechfr> wrote in message 
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> Microsoft is the *** 139th *** global corporation in terms of revenue, 
> right after A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, which is a freight company, i.e. 
> folks who use big boats to transport bananas around the globe.
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2007/full_list/index.html

Is revenue the best measure?  Or net-worth?

> That should keep Microsoft-themed hyperboles (and the relevance of the 
> software industry compared to the banana shipping industry) in check I 
> guess.

Fine, but we all know Microsoft is The Most Evil corporation ever to have 
existed in recorded human history (aside from Disney).  Then perhaps comes 
Walmart, Exxon and Monsanto...  And a Google search would probably back me 
up.  ;-)

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