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Thread ID: 77897	2007-03-26 23:30:00	Vista Sales are selling faster than expected	Hitech (9024)	PC World Chat

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536112	2007-03-28 01:25:00	I think this article covers it well too, it probably repeats a lot but it confirms a lot too. Microsoft fudging facts on Vista sales? What about Office 2007? Microsoft's claim of 20 million Vista licenses sold simply doesn't add up when trying to assess who realistically bought them in the time frame—"in the opening month"—stated in today's press release. Further, the press release claims that "Windows Vista made a splash in its debut." What kind of Kool-Aid are they drinking up there in Redmond? Who spiked the Windows Vista-logo soda cans? "Clearly there haven't been 20 million PCs sold worldwide since Jan. 30, and we're really only talking about February," said Stephen Baker, NPD's vice president of industry analysis. License sales are good public relations fodder, but they're real world merits stop there. By every reasonable measure—PCs and retail boxed sales—Microsoft's numbers don't add up with the 20 million figure in one month. The company used the 20 million in-one-month figure compared to 17 million Windows XP licenses in two-and-a-half months to bolster its Vista gangbusters sales claim. Just like vulnerability alerts aren't a good measure of Vista security, number of licenses sold is no way to reckon the operating system's sales success. The number's meaning collapses for three simple reasons: * Microsoft's sales period for the license sales is significantly longer than 30 days—more like four months. * License sales into the channel do not correspond to actual Vista PC sales out of the channel. * The numbers don't match up with real world PC sales volumes. By my accounting, Vista is actually off to a slower start than Windows XP, using real world comparisons. www.microsoft-watch.com	winmacguy (3367)
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