Microsoft has high hopes for Windows 7

08 October 2009

Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer has said the company's new operating system will help pull it out of the worst period of its history, UK-based Sky News has reported. Windows 7, which will launch at the end of the month, will succeed where its unpopular predecessor Vista had failed, he said. 'Eight million copies (of Windows 7) are out on Beta tests and people love it,' he said. Profits at Microsoft fell by almost a third in the quarter between April and June.

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