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Microsoft programmers applauding completion of Windows XP, Redmond, August 24, 2001

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On August 24, 2001, Microsoft released its new Windows XP operating system to computer manufacturers. In an event on the lawn of the company's Redmond campus, with 350 programmers and their families present, the company distributed briefcases containing Windows XP CDs to representatives of the six largest PC makers in the US.

This image shows the Microsoft programmers and their families gathered at the event, applauding the completion of Windows XP.

Caption information source: “Microsoft ships its Windows XP,” by Dan Richman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 25, 2001, page C1.
ID Number: 2000.107.20010824.1.31
Date: 2001
Creator(s): Webber, Phil H., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : color ; 35 mm.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.20010824.1.31, photo by Phil H. Webber
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