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All eyes on Vista.(SOFTWARE)
Inside Business, April, 2007 by Hanson, Dan
More than 1,200 business and tech aficionados packed the Renaissance Hotel in late January for the Microsoft Across America tour to get a first look at Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007.
Curiosity may have played a role in producing standing room-only crowds as these products have been called "the most significant product launch in Microsoft's history." In fact, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has called them "game-changing products" and announced expectations that "more than 200 million people will be using at least one of these products by the end of 2007."
But it was the bottom line that attracted most. A white paper study cited by Microsoft predicted: "For every dollar of Microsoft revenue from Windows Vista in...
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