Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) expects 350 million devices running its Windows 7 software to be shipped globally this year as it prepares the next version of the operating system to challenge Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s dominance in tablet computers.
“It makes Windows the most popular single system,” Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, said today. Ballmer, who spoke at a forum in Seoul, didn’t provide comparative figures.
Corporate demand for programs including Windows 7 helped Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft report third-quarter profit last month that exceeded estimates. The company is working on Windows 8, the newest version of the operating system that can be used in touch-screen devices, to help win back consumers and narrow Apple’s lead in the market for tablet computers.
Microsoft will finish work on Windows 8 this summer and put it on sale around October, people with knowledge of the matter said in March. Read More
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