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To: pyslent who wrote (26602)	7/23/2013 1:18:26 PM
From: zax	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

>> In retrospect, they should have delayed the release of RT 2 years. That's ridiculous. You have to start somewhere, and build on that. FYI: Windows 1.0 sales from its November 1985 launch to April 1987: 500,000 ( Computerworld) Windows sales in 1988 (Windows 2.0 shipped on December 9, 1987): 1 million ( InfoWorld) Windows sales, all versions, 1985 to January 1990: less than 2 million ( InfoWorld) Windows 3.0 sales, first year: 4 million ( InfoWorld) Windows 3.1 sales, first 3 months or so: 3 million ( InfoWorld) Windows 95 sales, first year: 40 million ( Network World) Windows 98 sales, first four days: 530,000 boxed copies through retail channels ( New York Times) Windows 2000 sales, less than a month after launch: 1 million ( Microsoft) Windows ME sales, first three days: 200,000 boxed copies through U.S. retail channels ( Network World) Windows XP sales, first three days: 300,000 boxed copies through U.S. retail channels ( Network World) Windows XP sales, just over two months after launch: 17 million ( Microsoft) Windows Vista sales, one month after launch: 20 million ( Microsoft) Windows 7 sales, first six months: 100 million ( Engadget) Windows 7 sales from October 2009 launch to June 2010: 150 million ( Neowin) Windows 7 sales in less than two years: 450 million ( TechCrunch) Windows 8 sales in a little over two months: 60 million ( ZDnet) Windows 8 sales, first six months: 100 million ( Microsoft)