Microsoft shipped out the first copy of Windows 1.0 on November 20, 1985.

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Film gets beat up in the process of being run through a projector several times a day, and a print in heavy rotation may last only days, meaning another copy has to shipped to the theater.

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Computer Intelligence recently inked a deal to supply a version of its handwriting recognition software, Jot, with every copy of Windows CE shipped.

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