On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:29:42 +0000, Doug Mentohl wrote:
> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
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>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:16:32 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Vista: the Worst Windows Ever?
>
>>> Vista: The First 6 Months
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>>> Launch Week Sales Boxed Retail Version
>>> 1. Windows 98 400,000 copies
>>> 2. Windows XP 300,000 copies
>>> 3. Windows 2000 200,000 copies
>>> 4. Windows Vista 125,000 copies
>
>>> Sales of the Vista stand-alone unit are only 60% of what the sales of XP were
>>> in its first six months. That's not conjecture it's fact. That drop is
>>> reflected in individual units and in a corresponding drop in revenue.
>
>> Yet you refuse to even publish the URL of the article so that anyone can ascertain it's credibility.
>
> I typed the text into something called a 'search engine' and got this URL ..
>
> http://www.pcpitstop.com/news/vista6months.asp?print=1
Ahh.. yes, because if you had actually drilled down to the actual sources,
you'll find that the this figure is was a 'forecast'. That's why Roy didn't
want the actual link know.
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