Microsoft eyes Eastern Europe growth
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Microsoft expects annual sales growth of 30 to 40 percent in the fast-growing market of Central and Eastern Europe in 2002, the U.S. software giant's regional chief said Friday. "We think the growth will be between 30 to 40 percent and will come from the new products like Office XP and Windows XP, from the PC shipment growth and from fighting software piracy," said Jan Muhlfeit, Microsoft Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe. Microsoft sales in the region rose 69 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended Sept. 30, a sharp rise from a growth of 12 to 15 percent in the same period last year, Muhlfeit said in an interview.