I realize that it is all kinds of fun to make fun of Microsoft and call it a has been. Sure Vista didn’t do anything to help alleviate the stodgy monolithic reputation that it has gotten over the years but I get the feeling that the old Microsoft battleship has been sent back to the boatyard, given a fresh coat of paint and transformed into a quick nimble gun boat.
Leading this change without any doubt has been the release; and growing adoption, of Windows 7. Following on it’s heels is the upcoming release of their next generation smartphone version of Windows 7 which already has more than a few people excited; myself included. Hell if I could afford a new smartphone (and the price gouging data plans) I’d be counting down the days until it hits the stores.
To back up the feeling that Windows 7 is helping to herald in a new attitude at Microsoft is the release today of the sales figures for Windows 7 since its release. Jacob Friedman over at The Next Web has a few more of the details but the short form of the story is that there have been 90,000,000 copies of Windows 7 sold to date.
Microsoft finally backed their Windows 7 boasts up with numbers, and they’re quite impressive indeed.
Microsoft hadn’t provided exact sales numbers for Windows 7 until last night, when Microsoft CFO Peter Klein announced the sales figures at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Klein revealed that Windows 7 has sold a massive 90,000,000 copies.
Not bad for slightly over four months on sale.
Not bad to say the least.
Nicely done Microsoft.
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