(1)Microsoft starts selling Windows XP operating system in Japan

(1)Microsoft starts selling Windows XP operating system in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People form a long line in front of an electric appliance store in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on the night of Nov. 15 to buy Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system. The Japanese unit of Microsoft started selling the new operating system midnight Nov. 15.

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