60 Million Windows 7 Licenses Sold Taking Q2 Revenue

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    60 Million Windows 7 Licenses Sold Taking Q2 Revenue


    Posted: 29 Jan 2010
    Windows 7 is the fastest selling operating system in history and Microsoft now has the figures to back up a statement from Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in the first half of January. Of course, despite having the actual data for the number of sold licenses, Ballmer did not offer a number at CES 2010. At that time, I predicted that Microsoft had already sold 60 million copies of Windows 7. I didn’t think that I was really going out on a limb with the estimate, and it turns out that I was right on the money. Microsoft confirmed on January 28th that it sold in excess of 60 million Windows 7 licenses by the end of 2009.

    Full read here:60 Million Windows 7 Licenses Sold Taking Q2 Revenue to $19.02 Billion - Windows 7 is the fastest selling OS in history - Softpedia
    Crispy's Avatar Posted By: Crispy
    29 Jan 2010



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    Yep, I beleive it, great program that uses minimum resources (and your can remove more from start up once installed)

    Mine runs sweet with 512 megabytes of ram
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    if 60,000,000 have been sold imagine how many copies have also been pirated that would double that figure and truly make it the best operating system ever!
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    Yep, I was gonna say multiplied by 10
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    Might be a stupid question, but the article on softpedia keeps mentioning Q2 in 2010, how can they say how much they've earned in Q2 2010 already?
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    pebbly said:
    if 60,000,000 have been sold imagine how many copies have also been pirated that would double that figure and truly make it the best operating system ever!
    Nunya said:
    Yep, I was gonna say multiplied by 10
    try more like 1 in 10 copies are illegal.
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    MarcH said:
    Might be a stupid question, but the article on softpedia keeps mentioning Q2 in 2010, how can they say how much they've earned in Q2 2010 already?
    Welcome to SevenForums MarcH.
    The article was reference to the fiscal year. Which starts in the middle of the year, so July Aug Sept is 1st quarter then Oct Nov DEC is 2nd quarter.
    Fiscal year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Hope this helps you understand and I also hope that you enjoy your stay here on SF
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    myzr7 said:
    Welcome to SevenForums MarcH.
    The article was reference to the fiscal year. Which starts in the middle of the year, so July Aug Sept is 1st quarter then Oct Nov DEC is 2nd quarter.
    Fiscal year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Hope this helps you understand and I also hope that you enjoy your stay here on SF
    Thanks for the welcome and yeah thanks it helped, though I still doesn't understand how the writer can write Q2 of 2010 then? Which would be Oct, Nov and Dec 2010?
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    MarcH said:
    myzr7 said:
    Welcome to SevenForums MarcH.
    The article was reference to the fiscal year. Which starts in the middle of the year, so July Aug Sept is 1st quarter then Oct Nov DEC is 2nd quarter.
    Fiscal year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Hope this helps you understand and I also hope that you enjoy your stay here on SF
    Thanks for the welcome and yeah thanks it helped, though I still doesn't understand how the writer can write Q2 of 2010 then? Which would be Oct, Nov and Dec 2010?
    I believe it starts the year Before or 2009 just like new cars....which is why this year people will be buying 2011 models
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    Microsoft: Thanks to Windows 7, our mojo is back


    Microsoft: Thanks to Windows 7, our mojo is back

    Apple may have grabbed the headlines over the last few days with its iPad announcement, but the real news in the tech world is that thanks to Windows 7 sales, Microsoft had a blowout quarter, increasing revenue by 14% compared to a year ago. The company is clearly hoping that the dark days of Vista are behind it.

    Read More here: Computerworld Blogs
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