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A total of 27.8 percent of companies say that they will buy PCs (client machines) running on the Windows 2000 or Windows NT operating systems this fiscal year, according to a survey conducted in April by Nikkei Market Access.

The survey, which examines ways in which corporations are using PCs, shows that Microsoft Windows 2000/NT machines are now the preferred choice for a full quarter of Japan´s businesses. In fact, this year´s survey results point to a steady rise in the software´s popularity. In previous surveys the corresponding figures for Windows 2000 and Windows NT combined were 14.1 percent (April 1998) and 18.8 percent (April 1999).

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