Vista Closes in on 150 Million Sold Licenses

[soumya]

With the wind of adoption blowing hard in the sales of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the latest Windows client from Microsoft is closing in on the 150 million sold licenses mark. According to the latest statistics from Net Applications, Vista's market share has jumped over 1% in March, up to 14.02%. At the end of February, Vista accounted for no less than 12.92% of the operating system marker, but the past month represents an important milestone for the platform.

Not only has Microsoft dropped the first service pack for Vista, but it has also announced price cuts for the Home premium and Ultimate editions of the operating system, in a move designed to stimulate the upgrading process from Windows XP. Available as of March 18, 2008, Windows Vista SP1 has yet to make its entire impact felt, however, it can only contribute to accelerating the update pace of the operating system.

Back in December 2007, data from Net Applications indicated that Vista had a market share of 10.48%. In January 2008, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates correlated the figure with an install base of over 100 million copies. The latest statistics made available put Vista right on track for the 150 million mark, earlier than mid-2008, which means that adoption is accelerating.

At the same time, Windows XP's market share continues to drop, and in this context Vista's predecessor is down to 73.59%. And while it was said that Mac OS X and Linux will have the opportunity to grab more audience because of Vista, the share of the open source platform is stagnating at approximately 0.6% for the past four months, this while Apple's operating system jumped from 7.46% in February to 7.48% in March. As such it is clear that Windows Vista's main growth comes at the expense of Windows XP, but that the latest Windows client has yet to grow on its own.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista...es-82354.shtml

[praka123]

the reason is vi$ta is forced on branded pc's ,laptops etc.

ppl should really consider going for system76 pc's or laptops without Vi$ta-ware.it is PITA,formatting and re-installing XP for many m$ fans.

M$haft is forcing this crapware.sick of this!
ppl should support FOSS instead and use GNU/Linux!

[Gigacore]

vista sales rocks, but the OS $ucks

[CadCrazy]

Yes the main reason for vista's sale is because it is the only option available if you buy branded PC or Laptop. I am one forced vista user

[abhinandh]

Originally Posted by praka123

ppl should really consider going for system76 pc's or laptops without Vi$ta-ware.it is PITA,formatting and re-installing XP for many m$ fans.

only if the shipped to india.

[DigitalDude]

@praka
no one likes too much hate. and using $ sign instead of S is pretty old not fun anymore... BSOD, reinstalling, formatting and all jokes were funnier till SP2 was released for XP.

me thinks instead of bashing vista and MS, time will be better spent in contributing to some meaningful opensource development and support.

if something is so great it will find its place to the top on its own (like firefox is doing...) even if anyone tries to hold it down (zen gyaan)

@CADcrazy
yes I also donot like MS forcing Vista into new laptops so I didnt buy.. a lot of people like me made the same decision and see what Dell did.


and generally

Business establishments are here to make profit they are'nt non-profit foundations. anyway if they become too greedy they will die on their own. simple.

instead of badmouthing our opponents like our politicians do, let us take the gentleman stand, help out people who are new, make our offering better, contribute to the community and let the work speak for itself


I dont know how many agree with me but I said what I thought


_

[CadCrazy]

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

me thinks instead of bashing vista and MS, time will be better spent in contributing to some meaningful opensource development and support.

+1.
Many of pro oss guys(including me sometimes ) here waste their time n energy bashing MS/Vista that could be used somewhere else as pointed out

[praka123]

it is my oath to spread FOSS and Linux+making vi$ta users aware of the DRMed cr@p.I will hotlink enlightning sites to make vi$ta boys know that!
$-stands for evil M$haft monopoly unethical ways to make money anyway.

[Gigacore]

Originally Posted by praka123

I will hotlink enlightning sites to make vi$ta boys know that!

.....and get a week long holiday ?

[iMav]

Originally Posted by praka123

it is my oath to spread FOSS and Linux+making vi$ta users aware of the DRMed cr@p.

u still wanna re-start drm talk .... do u want me to remind u what u said why do u want to provoke ppl to kick oss a$$ in every thread and then u will start crying tht MS fanboys are biased this and tht ...

[CadCrazy]

Originally Posted by praka123

it is my oath to spread FOSS and Linux+making vi$ta users aware of the DRMed cr@p.I will hotlink enlightning sites to make vi$ta boys know that!
$-stands for evil M$haft monopoly unethical ways to make money anyway.

No one gonna listen to you the way you are spreading it. Everyone ll think you as a tad mad OSS guy and ignore you

[praka123]

^why?interested ppl can look on the links provided.if I like FOSS to be spread,I will try my bit. FOSS dont have the ads running all over the town.
many ppl still use window$ due to ignorance.let them know the superior alternatives
reg "tad mad"-Once I am convinced on an ideology which is sane,I am fully into it(for eg FOSS).the other one should be eliminated from earth(M$haft) before my death hehe!
this 1diot pro-m$ kids are really getting me on nervers! they will post whatever crap to save the sinking vi$ta.see this thread itself!

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by CadCrazy

No one gonna listen to you the way you are spreading it. Everyone will think you as a tad mad OSS guy and ignore you

Will???? We already know he is a Mad OSS guy & ignore him.

[CadCrazy]

^^ Actually you are little too much infected with fanboyism.
fanboyism = blindness

[Gigacore]

Originally Posted by CadCrazy

fanboyism = blindness

Nope, fanboyism = madness.

[gxsaurav]

^^ Actually you are little too much infected with fanboyism

Yeah, u r right. After a good conversation with Choto, I have realized that there is no point in telling u guys the truth & clearing misconceptions. The time I spend here to type for u or arya can be used to render something in 3D resulting in more money or on a date resulting in more fun

fanboyism = madness

Madnesss...........THIS IS DIGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT.

We all know what will be the final outcome. Vista having the largest market share with time & mature drivers, Linux still trying to Play catch up with MS & Apple in market share department, Lingeeks still whining that Vista sux although they have no idea or explanation on why it sux....they just have to say it cos it is from MS/Apple.

The cycle goes on, it's better to leave this arguement to kids.....real man grow up.....no wait, Prakash Uncle has not...

[desiibond]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

[BBThumbHealer]

I m in favour of Windows Vista...but , XP is nice too !

[naveen_reloaded]

Sales says all....
Vista is seriously smooth ar butter....and its for newbies and for less literates...

I have used ubuntu for some time...its free...its got many software...and so on..but is it user friendly...its a BIG NO....

For everything i have to search internet and do all typing of editing...i dont have time and many dont too...for them vista or xp is best...

Every company has their own tactics to push sales...will you blame hyundai for copying the design from merc for their car? You simply buy...

Get over it...
And stop screaming against vista...as if its like a virus or trojan! Give them some credit for their work...i feel without ms's motivation , i wouldnt have had a system...and would have got this much interest in tech...
Take t whatever way you want..
Vista is good..so does ubuntu...

[ax3]

150 million copies sold [forcibly] >> good <<

bt whot abt 150 million+ illegal copies .... nobody mentions those ......

[praka123]

^who will use Vi$ta illegal copies? heh!my local assembler says nobody wants vi$ta now as it is a flop as the news spreads. it is not smooth as butter,it needs a 2GB RAM+good gfx card +good processor to run the white elephant(vi$ta)also it got the cancer DRM and spy probs.those who sucks in ethics will use vi$ta

it is a bad bad world where ppl supports a monopoly to loot them,loot their privacy.anyone with some sense remaining will switch to GNU/Linux or BSDs flaming me dont help u ppl either.GO the FOSS way!

[narangz]

Originally Posted by praka123

^who will use Vi$ta illegal copies? heh!my local assembler says nobody wants vi$ta now as it is a flop as the news spreads. it is not smooth as butter,it needs a 2GB RAM+good gfx card +good processor to run the white elephant(vi$ta)

I've 1 GB RAM, Nvidia 6150 onboard graphics & AMD X2 3800+
Vista runs fine.
Is this a super machine?

Man please don't spread that crap. Writing sh1t against windows in each & every windows & ms related thread is not fair. I am not fighting with you or attacking you(as you said in some other thread). It's a humble request.

You haven't replied to my thread in OSS section that why ubuntu is slower than Vista on my system? But keep writing against Vista. Did I write crap about linux in that or other threads?

If you really want to spread OSS then this is not the right way to do so.
You can have linux related threads & you've complete OSS section for that. Create a website or whatever to spread OSS awareness but do it in the right way. I hope you understand & don't take this in a wrong way.

[iMav]

Originally Posted by praka123

those who sucks in ethics will use vi$ta

we dont need lessons in ethics from ppl who openly say tht they support piracy

PS: avoid making such statements

[desiibond]

Vista needs a good PC to run buy anyone can run it.

The latest edition of ubuntu needs a good pc to run, a techie to run and access to google to run.

That's what the difference is.

Originally Posted by narangz

I've 1 GB RAM, Nvidia 6150 onboard graphics & AMD X2 3800+
Vista runs fine.
Is this a super machine?

Man please don't spread that crap. Writing sh1t against windows in each & every windows & ms related thread is not fair. I am not fighting with you or attacking you(as you said in some other thread). It's a humble request.

You haven't replied to my thread in OSS section that why ubuntu is slower than Vista on my system? But keep writing against Vista. Did I write crap about linux in that or other threads?

If you really want to spread OSS then this is not the right way to do so.
You can have linux related threads & you've complete OSS section for that. Create a website or whatever to spread OSS awareness but do it in the right way. I hope you understand & don't take this in a wrong way.

+1. Vista runs super smooth on my 3 yr old Thinkpad T43 and in my desktop with AMD 3000+ single core, 1Gig ram, 6150 chipset.

The most confusing installation that I did was Ubuntu.

One question for Mr. Big Mouth.

I have Pinnacle PCTV TV tuner card. On vista, I just install Pinnacle TV app, run the scan and watch TV. Tell me how to do the same for linux

Think of me as a pure non-techie, I don't want to use a single command for this, don't want to see a single error as I do not understand anything about error.

[praka123]

Originally Posted by iMav

we dont need lessons in ethics from ppl who openly say tht they support piracy

PS: avoid making such statements

it was purposely bend to weigh whether I support Digital Restrictions Management(DRM) or Piracy ?
I have answered piracy!because NO WAY can we expect the imposition of DRM looting user's rights.
Why I DONT support DRM(you also should):

Proprietary software going wrong

The limits of proprietary software go beyond the security issue (see our article on source code): today proprietary software interferes with the spread of culture and information. This happens mainly through two technologies:

• Digital Restrictions Management 1 (DRM)
  
  The main idea of DRM 1 is to restrict access to files. Users encounter this when, for example, they purchase music through iTunes, and then can only play their music with one player, from one brand. With this method, companies fight copyright infringement, but they also severely restrain users' access to their files.
  DRM is control over content
  Except that the control is not in the hands of the end-user. The original purpose of DRM is understandable, but the implications over the flow of information and culture within a society are frightening.
  
  • Imagine a book that automatically became glued shut after you read it once.
  • Imagine documents that self-destructed if you tried to take them out of the room.
  • Imagine telephones that only worked if the person you were ringing was renting the same make and model.
  
  Sounds crazy? This is where Trusted Computing comes in.
  
• Trusted Computing (TC)
  
  Trusted Computing (sometimes more accurately called "Treacherous Computing") means a computer can only run "Trusted" Software. It is meant to be an uncircumventable protection against nuisances (like viruses or spyware) and copyright violations (people copying proprietary software).
• 
  
  Trusted Computing is control over the computer
  The critical thing about Trusted Computing is that you cannot decide what is trustworthy and what is not. For example, your computer might refuse to run programs that are not certified by the software company –programs that could enable you to take documents out of the office, or play your neighbour's DVD, or send your essay to someone not using the same program.
  A whole range of possibilities opens up for companies that benefit from restricting your computing (such as proprietary software and recording companies). It is suddenly possible to rent DVDs that only play two times, or music you can only listen to during September, or information you can read but can't save or copy. All of a sudden, Trusted Computing and DRM enable remote control over content.
  Trusted Computing, in effect, enables the publisher to write their own copyright law.

http://www.getgnulinux.org/windows/s..._free_society/

But I am against piracy by any standards.I dont use window$ at all,although I have XP license+cd resting somewhere in my house.
Infact the biggest hypocrats are those who use pirated window$ and come here to preach M$haft gospel

Infact those who install's OS X 10.5.x from torrents to their PC's and coming here to defend piracy should stfu.

[desiibond]

^^^ Dude. Terming yourself as OSS guy and not being able to answer questions asked about linux?? You should be ashamed of yourself for being so irritant, ignorant, hypocrat.

anyone with some sense remaining will switch to GNU/Linux or BSDs flaming me dont help u ppl either.GO the FOSS way!

It is you that are flaming with jealousy that noone's interested in your rants.

Better learn how to answer questions on linux and then spread the FOSS gospel.

and btw, watch this video. The phrase that macguy and windows guy say at the end is directed towards people like you who are more ignorant than educated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

[praka123]

^oh I see!I had tried PCTV50i ("vi$ta capable) on a system with Ubuntu,and it automagically ran with tvtime software without any use of terminal,if that is what u want to say!
while in XP,it tooks a lot of time and reboots to install the software(2 CDs of media centre different versions) HAHA!
BTW,I configured the card for DTH(SUN DTH).
-

recording with tuner -Mythtv OK?
and while in XP,that tuner card struggles stuttering sounds all the mediacentre software is buggy!what say yaar?am I a big mouth?Thank You

[desiibond]

nope. those aren't working.

[ray|raven]

Offtopic:

Mods, please move it to Fight-Club, Its become yet-another-windows-vs-linux thread

[desiibond]

I get crystal clear audio quality for my card in XP. Don't bluff man.

just do a google for tvtime + pinnacle

and all that you see is no sound, no signal, no sound, no signal, blah blah blah.

huh. ignorant fanboy.