On Thursday October 22, customers can walk into a retail store and purchase a copy of Windows 7. And to celebrate the event, you can watch events online.

There are more than 50,000 developers from 17,000 companies supporting Windows 7 plus more than 5,500 independent software vendor (ISV) partners in 93 countries committing to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 through Green Light and Front Runner.

Press Event, WebCast

At 11 am Eastern (8 a.m. Pacific) October 22, Steve Ballmer will host a press event and webcast in New York City to celebrate this worldwide launch of the Windows 7.  To view the live webcast (or to watch the recording later) tune in to Microsoft PressPass.

At NASDAQ

Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President, Original Equipment Manufacturer Division of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)., will preside over the NASDAQ closing bell to celebrate the launch of Windows 7. Helping out will be our own Gunther Lenz.

Bruce D. Kyle
ISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation