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Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft Corp has worldwide shipments of devices running the company’s Windows 7 operating system are expected to reach 350 million in 2012, as the firm prepares the next version of the operating system to challenge Apple Inc.’s dominance in tablet computers, Bloomberg has reported.
More than 103 million tablet devices will be sold in 2012, with sales tripling to 326.3 million in 2015, according to Gartner Inc. Apple is set to account for two-thirds of the market in 2012, Gartner said.
