__/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 26 March 2007 21:38 \__
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309025_vistasales27.html
>
> Windows Vista sold more than 20 million copies during the month after
> its January 30 debut, said Windows Client Director Kevin Kutz Monday
> morning, declining to provide an exact number. That compares with sales
> of 17 million during the first two months after the debut of Windows XP,
> the version preceding Windows Vista, Kutz said.
SAYS MICROSOFT.
"Several readers made us aware that Microsoft said today that it sold more
than 20 million Windows Vista licenses in the first month after the OS's
general debut on January 30. This compares to 17 million licenses of XP sold
in the first two months after its release. (Just a coincidence the
announcement came out a day after this community's speculation, surely.)
Most of the coverage of this story, picked up from Reuters, looks like it
follows an MS press release. The Associated Press dug deeper, noting that
since XP's release the overall PC market has grown by almost a factor of 2,
so it would be a surprise if Vista didn't do twice as well: "...51 million
PCs were sold to consumers worldwide in 2002; this year... 96 million
consumers will buy a computer." Also, Microsoft's 20 million figure includes
the backlog of upgrade coupons bundled with XP computers sold since last
October."
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/104587604/article.pl
*LOL* The art of spinning real figures and facts. How many people bought
Vista and changed to something else anyway?
Also see:
Ballmer delivers sobering message at Microsoft event
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer tempered the
| expectations of analysts at an event Thursday, telling them
| their predictions for sales of the company's new operating
| system are too high, while those for its operating expenses
| may be too low.
`----
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ballmer-delivers-sobering-message-microsoft/story.aspx?guid=%7BCFADFB4D%2D7D86%2D4A0A%2DA233%2D1D18F48F82F7%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2juebs
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