Microsoft Sees Stronger XP Sales in FY08

Rude Awakening wrote with a PC World article, saying that XP sales will actually be higher next year than they were in 2007. Despite Vista's release, Microsoft admitted this week that it expects the previous version of its operating system to make up a larger percentage of its OS sales in 2008. "According to Liddell, Microsoft will generate the same revenue, more or less, under the new Vista vs. XP numbers, although there might be some slight differences because Vista sales have tended to involve more of the higher-priced versions, dubbed premium by the company, than has XP. The financial forecast didn't spell out that directly, however. The only clue was a US$120 million difference in what Microsoft pegged as the 'undelivered elements' it assigned to unearned income for the coming year."

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Microsoft Says

[JamesRose]

"XP is continuing its huge sales performance with even better statisitcs, even though we're thinking about stopping it"

Slashdot says

"Vista is absolutely crap and their new operating system isn't making sales"

Guys, XP sales != Vista lack of sales

Re:Ha ha ha

[twitter]

You fail at long-term memory, zealot. It took almost four years for XP to surpass the Windows 2000 + Windows 98 market share after it was released in 2001. It's entirely possible that situation won't play out the same way with Vista ...

I'm aware of XP's dismal performance. I'm also aware of Vista's worse performance and can spot a trend. Wall Street was very forgiving with XP for six years and are out of patience. Vista is the end of the line for M$.