Exercise in numbers

Microsoft Vice President of Corporate Communications Frank Shaw (Frank X. Shaw) published in the official blog interesting numbers . They show the place of the iPhone, iPad, Gmail, Linux and other unpopular products in objective reality, where Microsoft dominates almost completely.

Frank begins by saying that last week they stepped over the milestone of 150 million Windows 7 licenses. In other words, seven copies of Windows 7 per second were sold during the eight months since the release - a record result in the history of operating systems (this was already discussed on Habré) . But then comes the most interesting. Microsoft masterfully operates on numbers, demonstrating a magnificent example of passive-aggressive public relations .

24%
Linux share in the server market in 2005. [ source ]
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33%
The projected share of Linux in the server market in 2007 (forecast from 2005). [ source ]

21.2%
The real share of Linux in the server market in the IV quarter. 2009 [ source ]

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7.1 million
IPad sales forecast for 2010. [ source ]

58 million
Netbook sales forecast for 2010. [ source ]

355 million
PC sales forecast for 2010. [ source ]

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<10
The percentage of netbooks in the US under Windows in 2008. [ source ]

96
The percentage of netbooks in the US under Windows in 2009. [ source ]

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0
The number of paid users of Windows Azure in November 2009.

10,000
The number of paid users of Windows Azure in June 2010. [ source ]

700,000
The number of teachers, students, and staff using Microsoft's cloud-based tools in Kentucky public schools is the largest use of cloud-based technology in the United States. [ Source ]

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16 million
The total number of subscribers is 25 of the largest American newspapers. [ source ]

14 million
Total number of Netflix subscribers. [ source ]

23 million
The total number of Xbox Live subscribers. [ source ]

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9,000,000
The number of users who downloaded Office 2010 beta before launch is the largest beta test program in Microsoft history. [ source ]

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21.4 million
The number of new Bing users per year. [Comcast report, by subscription]

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8.8 million
World iPhone sales in the I quarter. 2010 [ source ]

21.5 million
Worldwide sales of Nokia smartphones in I quarter. 2010 [ source ]

55 million
Global sales of smartphones in the I quarter. 2010 [ source ]

439 million
Smartphone sales forecast for 2014. [ source ]

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173 million
The number of Gmail users. [ source ]

284 million
Number of Yahoo! users Mail. [ source ]

360 million
The number of users of Windows Live Hotmail. [ Source ]

299 million
The number of active Windows Live Messenger accounts. [Comscore MyMetrix, WW, March 2010, by subscription]

one
Place Windows Live Messenger among all instant messaging services. [Comscore MyMetrix, WW, March 2010, by subscription]

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$ 5.7 billion
Apple's net profit for the fiscal year ended in September 2009. [ source ]

$ 6.5 billion
Google’s net profit for the fiscal year ended December 2009. [ source ]

$ 14.5 billion
Microsoft's net profit for the fiscal year ended in June 2009. [ source ]

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$ 23.0 billion
Microsoft total revenue, FY2000. [ source ]

$ 58.4 billion
Microsoft total revenue, FY2009. [ source ]