Story of the Day: 10/22/09

Microsoft begins selling the Windows 7 operating system today, an effort to reverse three quarters of declining Windows sales and fend off Apple’s gains in personal computers, writes Dina Bass at Bloomberg

By MinnPost staff

Oct. 22, 2009

Microsoft begins selling the Windows 7 operating system today, an effort to reverse three quarters of declining Windows sales and fend off Apple’s gains in personal computers, writes Dina Bass at Bloomberg.

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Story of the Day: 10/22/09

By MinnPost staff

Oct. 22, 2009
<h1>Story of the Day: 10/22/09</h1> By MinnPost staff Oct. 22, 2009 Microsoft <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aLwogkS5mgEg" target="_blank">begins selling the Windows 7</a> operating system today, an effort to reverse three quarters of declining Windows sales and fend off Apple's gains in personal computers, writes Dina Bass at Bloomberg. This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.minnpost.com/perspectives/2009/10/story-day-102209/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.minnpost.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=42902&ga=UA-3385191-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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