[News] Microsoft Windows Installed Base to Cross 1 Billion..

Asstrotrufer Ian Semmel wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:

> ----[ Quote ]
> REDMOND, Wash.- Microsoft Windows will run more PCs than there are cars
> in the world by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year 2008, said Microsoft
> CEO Steve Ballmer July 26 at the company's analyst day here
>
> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista
> this year, more than the entire installed base of Apple, and is well on
> the way to reaching 1 billion Windows users by the end of the fiscal
> year, Ballmer and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told analysts and
> reporters. The latest number includes 40 million copies sold in the
> first 100 days of the product's January release.
> ----
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2163005%2C00.asp


Linux runs on more than a billion devices and has won the
race across the many aspects of industry.

After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> Asstrotrufer Ian Semmel wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>
>> ----[ Quote ]
>> REDMOND, Wash.- Microsoft Windows will run more PCs than there are cars
>> in the world by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year 2008, said Microsoft
>> CEO Steve Ballmer July 26 at the company's analyst day here
>>
>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista
>> this year, more than the entire installed base of Apple, and is well on
>> the way to reaching 1 billion Windows users by the end of the fiscal
>> year, Ballmer and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told analysts and
>> reporters. The latest number includes 40 million copies sold in the
>> first 100 days of the product's January release.
>> ----
>>
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2163005%2C00.asp
>
> Linux runs on more than a billion devices and has won the
> race across the many aspects of industry.

We should call Ian Semmel "Press-Release Boi".

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Moe takes his palm and thunks Curly on the head where that word is.

Linonut <linonut RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> writes:

> After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Asstrotrufer Ian Semmel wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>>
>>> ----[ Quote ]
>>> REDMOND, Wash.- Microsoft Windows will run more PCs than there are cars
>>> in the world by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year 2008, said Microsoft
>>> CEO Steve Ballmer July 26 at the company's analyst day here
>>>
>>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista
>>> this year, more than the entire installed base of Apple, and is well on
>>> the way to reaching 1 billion Windows users by the end of the fiscal
>>> year, Ballmer and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told analysts and
>>> reporters. The latest number includes 40 million copies sold in the
>>> first 100 days of the product's January release.
>>> ----
>>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2163005%2C00.asp
>>
>> Linux runs on more than a billion devices and has won the
>> race across the many aspects of industry.
>
> We should call Ian Semmel "Press-Release Boi".

And what would you call Roy Spammowitz or High Plains Rafael? Both of
whom do nothing put post other peoples articles and press releases.

Asstroturfer Hadron wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:

> Linonut <linonut RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> Asstrotrufer Ian Semmel wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>>>
>>>> ----[ Quote ]
>>>> REDMOND, Wash.- Microsoft Windows will run more PCs than there are cars
>>>> in the world by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year 2008, said Microsoft
>>>> CEO Steve Ballmer July 26 at the company's analyst day here
>>>>
>>>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista
>>>> this year, more than the entire installed base of Apple, and is well on
>>>> the way to reaching 1 billion Windows users by the end of the fiscal
>>>> year, Ballmer and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told analysts
>>>> and reporters. The latest number includes 40 million copies sold in the
>>>> first 100 days of the product's January release.
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2163005%2C00.asp
>>>
>>> Linux runs on more than a billion devices and has won the
>>> race across the many aspects of industry.
>>
>> We should call Ian Semmel "Press-Release Boi".
>
> And what would you call Roy Spammowitz or High Plains Rafael? Both of
> whom do nothing put post other peoples articles and press releases.

We should call you idiot but I think thats an insult to
idiots everywhere and half wits may file a complaint.

What to do?

Linonut <linonut.RemoveThis@bellsouth.net> espoused:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Asstrotrufer Ian Semmel wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>>
>>> ----[ Quote ]
>>> REDMOND, Wash.- Microsoft Windows will run more PCs than there are cars
>>> in the world by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year 2008, said Microsoft
>>> CEO Steve Ballmer July 26 at the company's analyst day here
>>>
>>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista
>>> this year, more than the entire installed base of Apple, and is well on
>>> the way to reaching 1 billion Windows users by the end of the fiscal
>>> year, Ballmer and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told analysts and
>>> reporters. The latest number includes 40 million copies sold in the
>>> first 100 days of the product's January release.
>>> ----
>>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2163005%2C00.asp
>>
>> Linux runs on more than a billion devices and has won the
>> race across the many aspects of industry.
>
> We should call Ian Semmel "Press-Release Boi".
>

Besides, Microsoft doesn't sell licences, it merely shoves them down the
pipeline so that retailers sit on them, mostly unable to shift them to
users, at the moment.

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Ian Semmel wrote:
> ----[ Quote ]

> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista
> this year,

Yes, to OEMs. That does NOT translate into 60 million users, far from it....

Gordon wrote:
> Ian Semmel wrote:
>> ----[ Quote ]
>
>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows
>> Vista this year,
>
> Yes, to OEMs. That does NOT translate into 60 million users, far from
> it....

How do you know?

After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> Asstroturfer Hadron wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>
>> Linonut <linonut.RemoveThis@bellsouth.net> writes:
>>
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>
>>>> Asstrotrufer Ian Semmel wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2163005%2C00.asp
>>>>
>>>> Linux runs on more than a billion devices and has won the
>>>> race across the many aspects of industry.
>>>
>>> We should call Ian Semmel "Press-Release Boi".
>>
>> And what would you call Roy Spammowitz or High Plains Rafael? Both of
>> whom do nothing put post other peoples articles and press releases.
>
> We should call you idiot but I think thats an insult to
> idiots everywhere and half wits may file a complaint.
>
> What to do?

We should call Hadron Quark "Whiner" or "Miss Construe".

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Tux rox!

After takin' a swig o' grog, Mark Kent belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> Besides, Microsoft doesn't sell licences, it merely shoves them down the
> pipeline so that retailers sit on them, mostly unable to shift them to
> users, at the moment.

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=508391

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments to Increase 11 Percent Due in
Part to Strong Uptake in Emerging Markets

First Half Sales Show Vista Operating System Has Not Been a Growth
Driver for the PC Industry

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134759-pg,1/article.html

Desktop PC Sales Slow Ahead of Expected Intel Price Cut
Global PC sales have slowed as the market waits for Intel to announce
new price reductions, market researchers said.

Obviously, Microsoft is generating Vista sales numbers out of its
monopoly ass, and your theory likely has much merit.

Anyway, maybe I should have waited a couple months before buying my new
AMD64!

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Tux rox!

Linonut wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Mark Kent belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Besides, Microsoft doesn't sell licences, it merely shoves them down
>> the pipeline so that retailers sit on them, mostly unable to shift
>> them to users, at the moment.
>
> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=508391
>
> Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments to Increase 11 Percent Due in
> Part to Strong Uptake in Emerging Markets
>
> First Half Sales Show Vista Operating System Has Not Been a Growth
> Driver for the PC Industry
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134759-pg,1/article.html
>
> Desktop PC Sales Slow Ahead of Expected Intel Price Cut
> Global PC sales have slowed as the market waits for Intel to
> announce new price reductions, market researchers said.
>
> Obviously, Microsoft is generating Vista sales numbers out of its
> monopoly ass, and your theory likely has much merit.

All of a sudden Gartner's word is golden. Yep, this is cola alright: Land
of the Hypocrites.





> Anyway, maybe I should have waited a couple months before buying my
> new AMD64!

Don't let buyer's remorse get you. Computer hardware prices will always
fall.

DFS wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>> Ian Semmel wrote:
>>> ----[ Quote ]
>>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows
>>> Vista this year,
>> Yes, to OEMs. That does NOT translate into 60 million users, far from
>> it....
>
> How do you know?
>
>
>

How do you know it's not?

Gordon wrote:
> DFS wrote:
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> Ian Semmel wrote:
>>>> ----[ Quote ]
>>>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows
>>>> Vista this year,
>>> Yes, to OEMs. That does NOT translate into 60 million users, far
>>> from it....
>>
>> How do you know?
>>
>>
>>
>
> How do you know it's not?

You made the claim, you 100% Wrong wacko.

Gordon <gbplinux DeleteThis @gmail.com.invalid> writes:

> DFS wrote:
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> Ian Semmel wrote:
>>>> ----[ Quote ]
>>>> The software giant announced it sold 60 million copies of Windows
>>>> Vista this year,
>>> Yes, to OEMs. That does NOT translate into 60 million users, far from
>>> it....
>>
>> How do you know?
>>
>>
>>
>
> How do you know it's not?

He is not making any claims. You are. So back it up. You're the
accountant - prove the initial link to be false accounting as you claim.