 |
 |
| ActiveWin | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise | VBA in Excel | Users Online: 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active Network |
|
ActiveMac |
|
ActiveWin |
|
ActiveXbox |
|
DirectX |
|
Downloads |
|
FAQs |
|
Interviews |
|
MS Games & Hardware |
|
Reviews |
|
Rocky Bytes |
|
Support Center |
|
TopTechTips |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows Server 2003 |
|
Windows Vista |
|
Windows XP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
Apple/Mac |
|
Xbox/Xbox 360 |
|
News Search |
|
XML/RSS Newsfeeds |
|
Pocket PC Site |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows Vista |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows Server 2003 |
|
Windows XP |
|
Windows 7 |
|
Windows 8 |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox 360 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Xbox/Games |
|
Fable 2 |
|
|
|
Applications |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
|
Windows 7 |
|
Adobe CS5 Master Collection |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Microsoft Express Mouse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Interviews |
|
Mike Swanson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Advertise |
|
Affiliates |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
 |
Microsoft says 140M Vista licenses sold | |
|
||
| Time: 08:27 EST/13:27 GMT | News Source: ComputerWorld | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
|
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it has sold 140 million licenses of Windows Vista. Colleen Healy, general manager of investor relations, made the statement during a conference call with Wall Street analysts after Microsoft posted its third-quarter earnings. The company pointed to strong PC sales for helping the much-maligned operating system achieve that number. |
||
|
Read Only Comments Return to News |
Displaying Comments 1 through 9 of 9 |
This is an archived static copy of ActiveWin.com. |
| #1 By 7754 (206.169.247.2) at Friday, April 25, 2008 05:25:08 PM |
| One thing is a little confusing here... whether people buy Vista or XP, Microsoft still collects. Even if 0% of people chose Vista on a new PC, that means they're still choosing Windows (aside from the minimal number that choose Linux). |
| #2 By 3653 (65.80.181.153) at Friday, April 25, 2008 07:42:35 PM |
|
140,000,000 / 303,824,650 = 46.2% of the United States
That kind of puts it in perspective. 303,824,650 = http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=united+states+population&go=&form=QBRE This post was edited by mooresa56 on Friday, April 25, 2008 at 19:43. |
| #3 By 114587 (78.86.44.194) at Saturday, April 26, 2008 06:19:08 AM |
|
"140,000,000 / 303,824,650 = 46.2% of the United States"
I would imagine that the total in sales is worldwide and not just USA, but I get where your going with that % figure and its impressive concidering that VL sales are not taken into account. That sales figure is likely bumped up due to the massive upturn in PC buying ( especially laptops ) in the past year or so, all now generally coming with Vista pre-installed. |
| #4 By 2960 (72.196.195.185) at Saturday, April 26, 2008 09:20:39 AM |
|
Not really useful data.
How many are licenses allocated to corporations, but not in use. How many are technet/msdn licenses (10 per account) not actually in use. How many are sitting on store shelves, not actually in use. These are 'sold' licenses, but not necessarily in use. TL |
| #5 By 2960 (72.196.195.185) at Saturday, April 26, 2008 09:20:53 AM |
|
Not really useful data.
How many are licenses allocated to corporations, but not in use. How many are technet/msdn licenses (10 per account) not actually in use. How many are sitting on store shelves, not actually in use. These are 'sold' licenses, but not necessarily in use. TL This post was edited by TechLarry on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 09:21. |
| #6 By 28801 (71.58.231.46) at Saturday, April 26, 2008 04:36:25 PM |
| #4 & #5: Sold is Sold! That's money in Microsoft's pocket. |
| #7 By 3653 (65.80.181.153) at Saturday, April 26, 2008 04:53:27 PM |
| rxcall is spot on. Licensed = money in msft's pocket. |
| #8 By 92283 (64.180.194.13) at Saturday, April 26, 2008 09:43:43 PM |
|
Netapplications has Vista at 14% end of March.
There is about 1 billion computers in the world. 14% of 1 billion = 140 million. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10 |
| #9 By 2960 (72.196.195.185) at Monday, April 28, 2008 08:18:23 AM |
|
I'm not looking at it from a Money perspective. I'll leave that to the analysts.
I'm looking at it from an actual-use perspective. I figured that was obvious. TL |
