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BMW and Windows 7: Why the car maker is upgrading now

By Shane O'Neill
September 4, 2009 06:06 AM ET

CIO - German automobile maker BMW is many things: Manufacturer of luxury cars and motorcycles; a brand name famous around the world; a giant corporation with a reputation for efficiency.

You can now add Windows 7 early adopter to that list.

The Munich-based car giant, whose headquarters building is considered an architectural icon in Europe, has 100,000 employees in 250 locations in countries such as South Africa, the United States, Canada and China. Within this vast environment, with users ranging from auto engineers to salespeople, sits 85,000 Windows machines.

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