Today the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system made its public debut at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, and Jim Allchin, group vice president of Windows and the platforms product group, introduced the world to Windows XP (previously code-named "Whistler"), the new Windows for home and work. The event featured a sneak peek at the brand new visual design for Windows and on-stage demonstrations of exciting new personal computing experiences enabled by Windows XP, as well as videotaped statements by industry leaders pledging unprecedented support for the product.

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