Philipp 6 Posted August 24, 2001 Microsoft on Friday will host a celebration marking the release of Windows XP to PC manufacturers, but the big question is how much interest the company can generate for the software. At a lavish ceremony at the company´s Redmond, Wash., headquarters, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Jim Allchin, group vice president and head of the Windows effort, are expected to present each PC maker representative with a Windows XP-branded briefcase containing a master disc with the operating system´s final--or gold--code. The group then is supposed to board a helicopter and fly off while the two Microsoft executives wave. Read more Share this post Link to post
