Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
> That 320,000,000 figure cannot be correct.
>
> We all know that 40% of Windows machines are owned. But 320,000,000
> / 0.4 = 800,000,000.
>
> But Microsoft claims that Windows is on over 1 billion
> (1,000,000,000) machines.
The other 200 Million are unsold Vista machines gathering dust in
channel "partners'" warehouses like Dixons.
> Somebody's lying here <grin>.
That would be Sweaty "undisclosed balance sheet" Ballmer WRT what
exactly constitutes a "sale".
--
K.
http://slated.org
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