Parisians enjoy coffee, a bite to eat and Windows 7 during the opening of the world’s only Windows Cafe on October 22. Also on display were Windows phones, Windows Live services and more.

Microsoft employees pose outside the NASDAQ MarketSite for the closing bell ceremony in Times Square Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 in New York

Shoppers help celebrate the opening of the first Microsoft Store, located in Scottsdale, Ariz. Oct. 22, 2009.

Customers line up to shop at the first Microsoft Store, which opened today in Scottsdale, Ariz. Oct. 22, 2009.

Pietro Scott Jovane, general manager for Microsoft Italy (right), and DJ Paoletta (left) turn on seven Windows 7 PCs at a launch event in Milan, Oct. 22, 2009.

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