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http://www.guru3d.com/news/windows-7-hits-240-million-mark-in-its-first-year/
Microsoft announced it sold over 240 million Windows 7 licenses since the operating system started shipping a year ago. About 93 percent of new consumer PCs were running Windows 7 in September, and the operating system gained more than 17 percent of the global operating system share worldwide.
I think Windows 7 has exceeded expectations, said Gavriella Schuster, general manager of Windows Product Management. People from the very beginning have had an optimistic forecast. I actually felt in the beginning we needed to temper expectations a bit but a year later, were on track. Were right where we thought we would be. Its been a good year its a year to celebrate.
For months before its official launch, Windows 7 raked in positive reviews and feedback from customers around the world. The operating system also was released into one of the biggest economic downturns in recent history, yet it was quickly and widely adopted by consumers and businesses alike.
We were in such a bad place economically; I didnt know how that was going to play out. I was nervous, Schuster said. But I feel really good about how its all turned out.
Consumers are buying Windows 7 PCs, and computer owners and businesses are upgrading as well. While the economy is still suffering, Windows 7 remains one of the top three projects IT pros are considering for their businesses, Schuster said.
Its just that important, Schuster said. Thats a good outcome.
A year ago on Oct. 22 eager Microsoft engineers gathered to help then-Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell virtually ring the NASDAQ stock market opening bell. On the one year anniversary of that day, Schuster said shed like to raise her hat to the incredible work that engineers and teams across Microsoft did to get Windows 7 ready to meet the world.
The primary win, the reason why Windows 7 is so successful, is because of the phenomenal engineering effort, she said. We delivered what we said we were going to deliver, when we said we would deliver it, with very high quality.
