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Old 11-07-2013, 03:43 PM   #152
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Originally Posted by afv011 View Post
It matters because "sold" does not mean "actively used". For businesses, a very large portion of new PCs get re-imaged the very same day they are bought with W7 or something else, yet that's still a "sold" license.
Not only that, Microsoft fudges the numbers by claiming OEM stock as sales, counting the Win7 sales with bundled option for Win8 upgrade, etc.

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft...figures-207497
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