Vista Closes in on 150 Million Sold Licenses

[soumya]

With the wind of adoption blowing hard in the sales of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the latest Windows client from Microsoft is closing in on the 150 million sold licenses mark. According to the latest statistics from Net Applications, Vista's market share has jumped over 1% in March, up to 14.02%. At the end of February, Vista accounted for no less than 12.92% of the operating system marker, but the past month represents an important milestone for the platform.

Not only has Microsoft dropped the first service pack for Vista, but it has also announced price cuts for the Home premium and Ultimate editions of the operating system, in a move designed to stimulate the upgrading process from Windows XP. Available as of March 18, 2008, Windows Vista SP1 has yet to make its entire impact felt, however, it can only contribute to accelerating the update pace of the operating system.

Back in December 2007, data from Net Applications indicated that Vista had a market share of 10.48%. In January 2008, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates correlated the figure with an install base of over 100 million copies. The latest statistics made available put Vista right on track for the 150 million mark, earlier than mid-2008, which means that adoption is accelerating.

At the same time, Windows XP's market share continues to drop, and in this context Vista's predecessor is down to 73.59%. And while it was said that Mac OS X and Linux will have the opportunity to grab more audience because of Vista, the share of the open source platform is stagnating at approximately 0.6% for the past four months, this while Apple's operating system jumped from 7.46% in February to 7.48% in March. As such it is clear that Windows Vista's main growth comes at the expense of Windows XP, but that the latest Windows client has yet to grow on its own.

*news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-Closes-In-on-150-Million-Sold-Licenses-82354.shtml

 

[praka123]

the reason is vi$ta is forced on branded pc's ,laptops etc.

ppl should really consider going for system76 pc's or laptops without Vi$ta-ware.it is PITA,formatting and re-installing XP for many m$ fans.

M$haft is forcing this crapware.sick of this!
ppl should support FOSS instead and use GNU/Linux!

 

[Gigacore]

vista sales rocks, but the OS $ucks

 

[CadCrazy]

Yes the main reason for vista's sale is because it is the only option available if you buy branded PC or Laptop. I am one forced vista user

 

[abhinandh]

ppl should really consider going for system76 pc's or laptops without Vi$ta-ware.it is PITA,formatting and re-installing XP for many m$ fans.

only if the shipped to india.

 

[DigitalDude]

@praka
no one likes too much hate. and using $ sign instead of S is pretty old not fun anymore... BSOD, reinstalling, formatting and all jokes were funnier till SP2 was released for XP.

me thinks instead of bashing vista and MS, time will be better spent in contributing to some meaningful opensource development and support.

if something is so great it will find its place to the top on its own (like firefox is doing...) even if anyone tries to hold it down (zen gyaan)

@CADcrazy
yes I also donot like MS forcing Vista into new laptops so I didnt buy.. a lot of people like me made the same decision and see what Dell did.


and generally

Business establishments are here to make profit they are'nt non-profit foundations. anyway if they become too greedy they will die on their own. simple.

instead of badmouthing our opponents like our politicians do, let us take the gentleman stand, help out people who are new, make our offering better, contribute to the community and let the work speak for itself


I dont know how many agree with me but I said what I thought


_

 

[CadCrazy]

me thinks instead of bashing vista and MS, time will be better spent in contributing to some meaningful opensource development and support.

+1.
Many of pro oss guys(including me sometimes ) here waste their time n energy bashing MS/Vista that could be used somewhere else as pointed out

 

[praka123]

it is my oath to spread FOSS and Linux+making vi$ta users aware of the DRMed cr@p.I will hotlink enlightning sites to make vi$ta boys know that!
$-stands for evil M$haft monopoly unethical ways to make money anyway.

 

[Gigacore]

I will hotlink enlightning sites to make vi$ta boys know that!

.....and get a week long holiday ?

 

[iMav]

it is my oath to spread FOSS and Linux+making vi$ta users aware of the DRMed cr@p.

u still wanna re-start drm talk .... do u want me to remind u what u said why do u want to provoke ppl to kick oss a$$ in every thread and then u will start crying tht MS fanboys are biased this and tht ...

 

[CadCrazy]

it is my oath to spread FOSS and Linux+making vi$ta users aware of the DRMed cr@p.I will hotlink enlightning sites to make vi$ta boys know that!
$-stands for evil M$haft monopoly unethical ways to make money anyway.

No one gonna listen to you the way you are spreading it. Everyone ll think you as a tad mad OSS guy and ignore you

 

[praka123]

^why?interested ppl can look on the links provided.if I like FOSS to be spread,I will try my bit. FOSS dont have the ads running all over the town.
many ppl still use window$ due to ignorance.let them know the superior alternatives
reg "tad mad"-Once I am convinced on an ideology which is sane,I am fully into it(for eg FOSS).the other one should be eliminated from earth(M$haft) before my death hehe!
this 1diot pro-m$ kids are really getting me on nervers! they will post whatever crap to save the sinking vi$ta.see this thread itself!

 

[gxsaurav]

No one gonna listen to you the way you are spreading it. Everyone will think you as a tad mad OSS guy and ignore you

Will???? We already know he is a Mad OSS guy & ignore him.

 

[CadCrazy]

^^ Actually you are little too much infected with fanboyism.
fanboyism = blindness

 

[Gigacore]

fanboyism = blindness

Nope, fanboyism = madness.

 

[gxsaurav]

^^ Actually you are little too much infected with fanboyism

Yeah, u r right. After a good conversation with Choto, I have realized that there is no point in telling u guys the truth & clearing misconceptions. The time I spend here to type for u or arya can be used to render something in 3D resulting in more money or on a date resulting in more fun

fanboyism = madness

Madnesss...........THIS IS DIGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT.

We all know what will be the final outcome. Vista having the largest market share with time & mature drivers, Linux still trying to Play catch up with MS & Apple in market share department, Lingeeks still whining that Vista sux although they have no idea or explanation on why it sux....they just have to say it cos it is from MS/Apple.

The cycle goes on, it's better to leave this arguement to kids.....real man grow up.....no wait, Prakash Uncle has not...

 

[desiibond]

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

 

[BBThumbHealer]

I m in favour of Windows Vista...but , XP is nice too !

 

[naveen_reloaded]

Sales says all....
Vista is seriously smooth ar butter....and its for newbies and for less literates...

I have used ubuntu for some time...its free...its got many software...and so on..but is it user friendly...its a BIG NO....

For everything i have to search internet and do all typing of editing...i dont have time and many dont too...for them vista or xp is best...

Every company has their own tactics to push sales...will you blame hyundai for copying the design from merc for their car? You simply buy...

Get over it...
And stop screaming against vista...as if its like a virus or trojan! Give them some credit for their work...i feel without ms's motivation , i wouldnt have had a system...and would have got this much interest in tech...
Take t whatever way you want..
Vista is good..so does ubuntu...

 

[praka123]

^who will use Vi$ta illegal copies? heh!my local assembler says nobody wants vi$ta now as it is a flop as the news spreads. it is not smooth as butter,it needs a 2GB RAM+good gfx card +good processor to run the white elephant(vi$ta)also it got the cancer DRM and spy probs.those who sucks in ethics will use vi$ta

it is a bad bad world where ppl supports a monopoly to loot them,loot their privacy.anyone with some sense remaining will switch to GNU/Linux or BSDs flaming me dont help u ppl either.GO the FOSS way!