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Microsoft reminds others it's still the big mammoth of the Silicon Valley

June 28th, 2010        
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Microsoft reminds others that it's still the big mammoth of the Silicon Valley

Just a month after Apple’s share value overtake Microsoft, Microsoft decided that it shall not be taken lightly, and to do that, it posted some interestingly bizarre yet expected numbers over at their blog. Now, who’s the daddy?

  • 150 million Windows 7 licenses sold
  • $14.5 billion Microsoft net income for fiscal year ending in June 2009
  • 7.1 million projected iPad sales in 2010
  • 58 million projected netbook sales in 2010
  • 355 million projected PC sales in 2010
  • less than 10% of US netbooks ran Windows in 2008
  • 96% of US netbooks ran Windows in 2009
  • 16 million subscribers to the largest 25 US daily newspapers
  • 14 million Netflix subscribers
  • 23 million Xbox live subscribers
  • 173 million Gmail users
  • 284 million Yahoo Mail users
  • 360 million Windows Live Hotmail users
  • $5.7 billion Apple net income for fiscal year ending in Sept 2009
  • $6.5 billion Google net income for fiscal year ending in Dec 2009

[Official Microsoft Blog]

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  • http://www.amerikatech.com Dennis

    Also there are millions developing softwares for desktop and web based system in so many fields and using in one or other way microsoft products, the popularity and diversitty is the master key for this giant company.

    Dennis J.
    Alphasystech.com