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Ballmer: Windows 7 Sales 'Fantastic' so Far

Nov 05, 2009 - 4:28 PM EST

Sam Diaz submits:

Windows 7 has only been out for a couple of weeks but sales so far have been “fantastic,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a news briefing in Tokyo Thursday, noting that sales in the first 10 days have exceeded the initial sales of any previous release of a Windows OS.

A Bloomberg report looked at historical numbers and found that Microsoft (MSFT) sold more than triple the number of Windows 7 operating systems than it did with Vista and that revenue was 82 percent higher in that time frame. In addition, Microsoft is now more bullish on the PC market that it was earlier this year. At the news briefing, Ballmer said:

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Source: Seeking Alpha (Nov 05, 2009 - 4:28 PM EST)