Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.

In late July, Microsoft said it had hit the 60 million shipment mark
with Vista.

Microsoft had previously said that it had shipped 20 million copies of
Vista in its first month and 40 million copies of Vista in the first 100
days.

Microsoft credited Vista with helping it beat Wall Street expectations
and raise financial projections for the rest of the year. The company
reported revenue of US$13.76 billion for the first quarter ended Sept.
30, up 27 percent from the same quarter in 2006.

Revenue in its client segment, which includes all consumer versions of
Windows, was $4.14 billion, edging out the $4.11 billion in revenue from
the Microsoft Business Division where Office is produced.

CFO Chris Liddell credited strong sales in emerging markets, due in part
to anti-piracy and legalization programs there.

Client revenues, however, did not top those of the first calendar
quarter this year, when Vista was officially launched. Revenues at that
time were $5.32 billion.

Three-quarters of the copies sold of Vista were higher-priced 'premium'
versions, compared to 59 percent of the copies of Windows -- primarily
XP -- available a year ago.

The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses, as well as packaged copies of Vista sold
in stores or online.

It does exclude the tens of millions of Windows corporate volume
licenses. There, many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying
Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of
next year.

Nevertheless, revenue from companies renewing their volume licenses for
Windows, which gives them the right to upgrade to Vista, was up 27 percent.

Other highlights from the statistics:

-- Unit sales of Windows Server's premium enterprise edition were up 35
percent year-over-year;

-- A release candidate for Windows Server 2008 has been downloaded more
than one million times in its first month;

-- Unit and revenue growth of SQL Server were both up more than 15 percent;

-- Halo 3 generated $330 million in revenue;

-- Xbox 360 console unit sales increased 90 percent, driven by a price
cut in August and Halo 3-related demand;

-- Client revenues, including those for Vista, are expected to grow
62-64 percent year-over-year in the current fiscal Q2, or 13-14 percent
excluding certain revenue deferrals in the prior year;

-- Microsoft Business Division revenues, including those for Office, are
expected to grow 15-16 percent in Q2 after normalizing for impact of
technology guarantees and pre-shipment deferrals in the prior year;

-- A beta version of Office Communications Server has been downloaded
80,000 times;

-- There are 10,000 customers in the Customer Technical Preview (CTP)
program for PerformancePoint Server, its new business intelligence offering.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying
Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of
next year.

And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.

Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?

HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.

The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses,

Harry,
I guess if that just shows if you push Vista at the OEM side, that even
a dog like Vista can get out in the Marketplace. While the number of
copies of Vista is double that of XP, did you read that there were more
than double the number of computers sold?

JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted
to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It
just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct.

What did you think of Vista doubling the market share of Macs, now that
is REALLY impressive.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying
Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of
next year.

And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.

Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?


Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP
until SP1 was released.

I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying
Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of
next year.

And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.

Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?

No Wayne, I think i said it, ........ or maybe it was said by
millions of consumers and IT pros, and that is why they are now offering
XP.

HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista,
acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter
of next year.

And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.

Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?


Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP
until SP1 was released.

I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that.

As I said, you love to tinker with your computer. Vista is a great OS
for someone who enjoys playing with Beta Software.

JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows
Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows
Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that
it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost
double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its
launch.
The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses,
JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted
to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just
goes to show you PT Barnum was correct.

Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my
son.


JimH,

Yeah, that is what I meant to say. You do know that Dell will exchange
that for a Dell Laptop with XP. According to all the IT pros you will
see a blazing difference between the two. If you contact Dell and let
them know about your son's graduation, they will probably expedite it.

Best of luck to your son, I hope he gets a good assignment that will
keep him safe and sound.

WaIIy wrote:


Duh, that's because the normal consumer hasn't a clue and is forced to
buy it on a new PC.

I wonder in those stats, how many individual copies were purchased.

MS will not reveal those numbers.

Vista is one step closer to the MS 'almost' takeover by MS.

"The answer is controversial, but designed into Vista are several things
equally controversial: 1) Digital Rights Management, 2) Protected Video
Path, and perhaps most controversial, 3) ..." a revocation mechanism
that allows Microsoft to disable drivers of compromised devices..." (
source, Wikipedia). The bottom line seems to be that, for the first
time, Microsoft is now able to dictate hardware design, giving it
unprecedented control over the entire computer industry."

http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/arch...t_to_whom.html

You can carry water for Vista all you want, but you are obviously below
average in operating system analysis.

BTW, did your Vista come with a new computer or did you buy it outright
and if so, for what reason.

There is almost no Vista acceptance at the corporate level.

"PARIS, Sept. 17 -- A European Union court ruled Monday that Microsoft
must share software information with rivals and pay a record $690
million in fines for quashing competition from smaller companies."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ogy/techpolicy

Wayne,
While they did sell twice as many copies of Vista, the general public
purchased twice as many computers. IT depts put their new computer
purchases on hold because they did not want to be beta testers.

Did you see where Mac has doubled their market share since the
introduction of Vista. That is double the market share, not double the
units.

Obviously not all consumers are as dumb as MS thought they were.

On Oct 29, 1:01 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista,
acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter
of next year.

And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.

Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?

Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP
until SP1 was released.

I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that.

As I said, you love to tinker with your computer. Vista is a great OS
for someone who enjoys playing with Beta Software.

I bought a new laptop, BIG MISTAKE cuz it has Vista. Vista is a
disaster, slow, cranky, filled with crap I dont need, pure garbage. I
wish I'd bought a mac.

Frogwatch

wrote:
On Oct 29, 1:01 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:
many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista,
acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter
of next year.
And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.
Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?
Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP
until SP1 was released.
I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that.
As I said, you love to tinker with your computer. Vista is a great OS
for someone who enjoys playing with Beta Software.

I bought a new laptop, BIG MISTAKE cuz it has Vista. Vista is a
disaster, slow, cranky, filled with crap I dont need, pure garbage. I
wish I'd bought a mac.

Frogwatch


If you have an old install disk of WinXp, you can reformat your hard
drive and get rid of all the spyware, freeware, trialware and bloatware
that most companies put on their computer today, and install a WinXP.

Dell is one of the worst companies for loading their computer with stuff
you don't want and didn't ask for. They make a ton of money loading
your computer with that crap. If you check the start up registry it is
amazing how much garbage they put in there that just applifies the
problem with Vista. While you can delete the items from your registry,
too often they have it set up to reinstall the items automatically when
you reboot.

My last computer did not have a lot of freeware and trialware, but I
still reformatted the hardrive and only installed the software I wanted.
On my mothers computer I was lazy, I just uninstalled the software I
didn't want, deleted the items in the start up registry I didn't want,
and then ran registry mechanic to clean up the registry. Not the best
method, but it did make one hell of a difference.