"ahmad12" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> Microsoft announced today as part of their annual revenues
> '_announcement_'
> ([url]http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-17fy08Q4earnings.mspx[/url])
> that it has sold over 180 million licenses of Windows Vista so far. Wow.
> What a failure.
> Revenue growth was primarily driven by continued customer
> demand for all products, including *Windows Vista, which has sold over
> 180 million licenses since launch*, the 2007 Microsoft Office system,
> server software, and Xbox 360 consoles and games.
> BTW: They announced '_140_million_copies_'
> ([url]http://www.techspot.com/news/29984-gates-140-million-copies-of-vista-sold.html[/url])
> sold two months ago. So Microsoft is selling 20 million licenses a month
> on average. If that continues, Microsoft will sell over 220 million
> copies of Windows Vista in its first two years on the market. Given that
> XP is basically gone, it will probably be higher than that.
> Microsoft made over $60 billion in fiscal 2008. Yikes.
>
> Source: 'SuperSite Blog'
> ([url]http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/default.aspx[/url])[/color]

Should that not be 180M bundled?

I bet the off the shelf box copy numbers will not be published.