“Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer used his Worldwide Partners Conference keynote on Monday to tout Windows 7’s success while trying to downplay the success of the Mac,” Electronista reports.
“The most recent OS had now reached 400 million licenses sold, up from 350 million in the winter and still growing faster than XP. He added that there were 350 million new PCs sold in the past year and used the large number, without comparing gains, to argue that Microsoft had no reason to worry about the Mac or Linux,” Electronista reports. “‘350 million, 350 million new PCs sold,’ Ballmer said. ‘That might compare with numbers from other guys that are in the 20 million range… now, 20 is too much, but 350 the last time I checked is a lot more than 20.'”
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Electronista reports, “While an important factor for context, the data also belies the rate of growth seen on each side. Apple stressed in its most recent results that the Mac had been outgrowing the overall computer market every quarter for the past five years and, this year, has been growing even as the field has been shrinking. Microsoft saw a four percent decline in Windows revenue at the start of the year, in part because of a 40 percent drop in netbook revenue as users stopped buying netbooks and bought iPads instead.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Mr. Ballmer is doing a fabulous job and, as always, we urge Microsoft shareholders to remain comatose for as long as it takes.
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