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Stephen Toulouse, widely known as Stepto over the Xbox Community, will be stepping away from his position at Microsoft 15 February 2012. After being at Microsoft nearly 18 years, Stepto says, "...it's the only world I've really ever known. I feel too strangely comfortable, and too strangely tied." He goes saying, "So over the past several weeks I've made the decision to resign and have been working with my management for an orderly transition."

There is not much to say, but he will be missed.

The community is already jumped on this news and is supporting Stepto 100%

His blog post announcing his resigning from Microsoft can be found here.

Microsoft has recently updated its Twitter page with this:

California here we come! The @MicrosoftStore opens its newest location this spring at the @SouthCoastPlaza in Costa Mesa, CA.

This will be Microsoft's fourth retail store to be opened, rivaling Apple's long established retail stores. Is this Microsofts attempt to break into a more user-friendly marketing base? We think so. Here are some similarities between Microsoft's and Apple's retail stores: