Solve : Microsoft's Windows 7 is fastest-selling operating system ever

1.	Solve : Microsoft's Windows 7 is fastest-selling operating system ever?
Answer» More than 240m copies of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system have been sold in its first year, making it the fastest-selling consumer operating system ever, the company said on Thursday. Many of those sales will have been to individuals buying new computers, as consumers traditionally upgrade more quickly than the businesses that make up the majority of Windows users. But about 89% of companies intend to install Windows 7 to replace earlier versions of Windows, said Tami Reller, chief financial officer of Microsoft's Windows unit. Link The punchline... Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years AwayI liked some of the comments after the story. Especially the ones comparing windows to mcdonalds. If comparing Windows to McDonald's, then Apple would be Vegan Glory, and Linux would be some u-pick farm.I can see how people might compare MS to mcdonalds. If the Big Mac cost 350 dollars.Windows 8 is scheduled to hit store shelves in 2012. MS working on delivering Far better security, Faster boot times, app store ?! (not that anyone wants it... Shareware can do almost anything, it is truly awesome, and users do not want to be forced to go GET THIER apps from a single authoritarian company). No, it's rumored to be released in 2012 on some blogs. There has been no official word. And thanks for your opinion ("not that anyone wants it..."), but I'm guessing it will sell just fine. Quote from: icyred on November 02, 2010, 10:21:12 AM Windows 8 is scheduled to hit store shelves in 2012. MS working on delivering Far better security, Faster boot times, app store ?! (not that anyone wants it... Shareware can do almost anything, it is truly awesome, and users do not want to be forced to go get thier apps from a single authoritarian company). As Allan noted, it's a rumour, not a scheduled date. Shareware died with the 90's. You're SUPPOSED to say "Open Source" not shareware, if you want to make believe you know what you are talking about. Shareware has never been awesome, at least, not since they changed it from "shareware" to "nagware" in the late 80's. Or even better: crippleware. As for the last comment "users do not want to be forced to get thier apps from a single authoritarian company" Have you asked any iPad,iPod, or iPhone users about that? As near as I can tell that's exactly what their app store causes. Lastly, Microsoft is far from authoritarian as far as who develops software for their Operating System is concerned, quite unlike Apple, which often requires expensive devkits simply to get started; they even try to tie you down to a single programming language (Objective-C). Yep, that's freedom people. Even though Microsoft let's ANYBODY download their SDK and develop and distribute Windows Applications, using almost any imaginable programming language, and Apple essentially forced vendors to buy some devkit (until quite recently, at least), use a very limited set of programming languages (if they want to "conform") and they have to meet Apples approval to enter the Apple store; quite literally if a program wants to get onto the Apple store that competes directly with a piece of Apple software, it's denied. And Microsoft somehow get's painted as the draconian one. I have a problem with them CLASSIFYING it as the fastest... What is that supposed to mean exactly ? ? Quote from: patio on November 02, 2010, 04:39:13 PM I have a problem with them classifying it as the fastest... What is that supposed to mean exactly ? ? Fastest *selling* But in what context ? ? When DOS 6.2 was released the market was way way smaller...however it got gobbled up proportianately way faster than Win7 has been... Same thing happened with Win2K because it was the 1st server based home/user OS ever released... I'm sorry for nitpicking but fastest just doesn't cut it in my mind... Bad choice of terminology...

Solve : Microsoft's Windows 7 is fastest-selling operating system ever?

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More than 240m copies of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system have been sold in its first year, making it the fastest-selling consumer operating system ever, the company said on Thursday.

Many of those sales will have been to individuals buying new computers, as consumers traditionally upgrade more quickly than the businesses that make up the majority of Windows users. But about 89% of companies intend to install Windows 7 to replace earlier versions of Windows, said Tami Reller, chief financial officer of Microsoft's Windows unit.

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The punchline... Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years AwayI liked some of the comments after the story. Especially the ones comparing windows to mcdonalds. If comparing Windows to McDonald's, then Apple would be Vegan Glory, and Linux would be some u-pick farm.I can see how people might compare MS to mcdonalds.

If the Big Mac cost 350 dollars.Windows 8 is scheduled to hit store shelves in 2012.
MS working on delivering Far better security, Faster boot times, app store ?! (not that anyone wants it... Shareware can do almost anything, it is truly awesome, and users do not want to be forced to go GET THIER apps from a single authoritarian company).
No, it's rumored to be released in 2012 on some blogs. There has been no official word.

And thanks for your opinion ("not that anyone wants it..."), but I'm guessing it will sell just fine. Quote from: icyred on November 02, 2010, 10:21:12 AM

Windows 8 is scheduled to hit store shelves in 2012.
MS working on delivering Far better security, Faster boot times, app store ?! (not that anyone wants it... Shareware can do almost anything, it is truly awesome, and users do not want to be forced to go get thier apps from a single authoritarian company).

As Allan noted, it's a rumour, not a scheduled date.

Shareware died with the 90's. You're SUPPOSED to say "Open Source" not shareware, if you want to make believe you know what you are talking about. Shareware has never been awesome, at least, not since they changed it from "shareware" to "nagware" in the late 80's. Or even better: crippleware.

As for the last comment "users do not want to be forced to get thier apps from a single authoritarian company" Have you asked any iPad,iPod, or iPhone users about that? As near as I can tell that's exactly what their app store causes. Lastly, Microsoft is far from authoritarian as far as who develops software for their Operating System is concerned, quite unlike Apple, which often requires expensive devkits simply to get started; they even try to tie you down to a single programming language (Objective-C). Yep, that's freedom people. Even though Microsoft let's ANYBODY download their SDK and develop and distribute Windows Applications, using almost any imaginable programming language, and Apple essentially forced vendors to buy some devkit (until quite recently, at least), use a very limited set of programming languages (if they want to "conform") and they have to meet Apples approval to enter the Apple store; quite literally if a program wants to get onto the Apple store that competes directly with a piece of Apple software, it's denied. And Microsoft somehow get's painted as the draconian one.
I have a problem with them CLASSIFYING it as the fastest...
What is that supposed to mean exactly ? ? Quote from: patio on November 02, 2010, 04:39:13 PM

I have a problem with them classifying it as the fastest...
What is that supposed to mean exactly ? ?

Fastest selling But in what context ? ?

When DOS 6.2 was released the market was way way smaller...however it got gobbled up proportianately way faster than Win7 has been...
Same thing happened with Win2K because it was the 1st server based home/user OS ever released...

I'm sorry for nitpicking but fastest just doesn't cut it in my mind...

Bad choice of terminology...

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