Microsoft Reaches 800 Million Windows 10 Devices (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday March 7, 2019 @08:02AM from the further-expansion dept.

Microsoft's Windows 10 is getting bigger. The operating system for desktop PCs, internet-connected devices and other systems is now running on more than 800 million devices. From a report: The total is up from 700 million as of September last year, and it suggests that the newest rendition of Windows could now be the most widely deployed version of Windows, ahead of Windows 7 and other versions. Although Microsoft -- the most valuable publicly traded company in the world -- has shifted to focus more on cloud and third-party platforms under CEO Satya Nadella, Windows is still a key element of the company, contributing almost 15 percent of total revenue in the fourth quarter. It's also a notable contributor of operating income, as former CEO Steve Ballmer pointed out last year.

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We need more finely grained stats... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-03-07 08:07 · Score: 3, Interesting

Like how many of them meant to install it in the first place and wouldn't just continue with 7 until 2038, given the choice and not forced into the fire from the frying pan...
The big Windows 7 EOL push is coming. by xack · 2019-03-07 08:21 · Score: 2, Interesting

If Microsoft was smart they would make LTSC avaliable to the masses to replace their Windows 7 fleets. But Microsoft will probably let hundreds of millons of Windows 7 machines flounder and we will see more wannacrys instead.