Microsoft triumphantly announced yesterday that Windows Vista has sold 20 million copies in just one month, since the launch of the consumer version. To be more exact, the figure above is valid for the period between January 30, when Vista was officially released, and February 28.Besides this number, the validity of which is already contested by analysts, Microsoft also launched itself into a comparison between Windows Vista sales and Windows XP sales. On how Windows Vista has been sold twice as well as Windows XP, which only sold 17 million copies on its first two months of availability on the market.
In other words, Microsoft has bettered its own plan, even surpassing CEO Steve Ballmer’s expectations. When Windows Vista was launched Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he expects to sell twice as many Vista copies in three months as Microsoft did of Windows XP, its last big operating system release in 2002.
And now, 20 million licenses sold in only one month. There certainly were many that exclaimed “Wow, what a performance!” Unfortunately though, 20 million sold licenses is a slow start rather than a reason to release victorious press statements.
Source: playfuls.com
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