Gates claims 40 million Vista sales a success
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| The headline is simple, 40 million copies sold. Wow, we rox0rz! This
| is twice as fast as the XP adoption rate. What he didn't mention is
| that sales of PCs have more than doubled since XP came out. Silly
| Vole, no statistical cookie.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39636
Analysts that are close to Microsoft have already decalred Vista sales
disappointing.
Related:
Vista sales rate cut in half
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| While significant, the sales point to a rapid slowdown in adoption of
| the new operating system. Microsoft had observed that it sold 20
| million copies in the first month, which doubled XP's achievement
| but now indicates that the average number of copies sold has been cut
| in half during March and April. The firm has so far declined to
| compare its most recent figures with the relative size of the market
| today or to any decline that may have occurred during XP's 2001 release.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/05/15/vista.sales.halved/
Microsoft's Record Quarter: Shareholders Paid for Most of the Upside Surprise
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| "Said another way, Microsoft achieved record breaking earnings during
| the Vista launch quarter by taking money out of its assets, not
| through amazing sales of Vista and Office."
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| Now taking money of its savings account isn't necessarily a big deal.
| ... However, as a point in contrast, Apple Inc. has been launching a
| lot of products over the last nine months and has added almost $2
| billion to its balance sheet and assets in the same period that
| Microsoft's assets dropped $6 billion.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070503/34354_id.html?.v=1
Microsoft Refuses to Reveal Current Vista Sales
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2122837,00.asp
Uh-Oh, Vista! PC Sales Levels Are Normal
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/oh_oh_vista_pc_sales_levels_are_normal.html
Channel stuffing:
http://www.informationarbitrage.com/2007/04/microsoft_phili.html
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