Yeah! We are Microsoft! We beat babies!

Oh baby! How's that for an attention-getting subject line?

But check it out... According to a Harris Interactive/Wall Street Journal poll, Microsoft has the most respected reputation among US corporations.

"What? How do they do that while beating babies?"

According to the article , we beat out the previous 7-year-long-standing leader in this poll, Johnson & Johnson.  Apparently cute cuddly babies are appealing to just about everybody.  Go figure.

The article also says that Microsoft's reputation was given a boost by Bill Gates' philanthropy through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.