Microsoft Vista is making waves. That's the impression one gets if one goes by the claim made by the Microsoft Corporation. The sales of Vista, in its very first month in the market, were "more than double the sales that Windows XP racked up in twice the time." Microsoft has reportedly sold more than 20 million Vista licenses in its very first month compared to the 17 million Windows XP licenses sold in the first two months of XP sales. This sales figure was for the period between January 30 and February 2007, and the 20 million Vista licenses include "software sold to PC makers, upgrades and the full packaged product sold to retailers," adds a news-report on IDG News Service.
The latest from the stable of Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, desktops, notebook computers, tablet PCs and media centers. Microsoft
began work on Windows Vista, which was earlier known by its code name `Longhorn',
in 2001 and planned to release it in 2003. Originally, Microsoft wanted to introduce
Vista as a small step between Windows XP (code named `Whistler') released on October
25, 2001 and Windows Vienna (code named `Blackcomb') scheduled for release sometime
in 2009. However, many of the features and tools planned for `Blackcomb' got incorporated
into Vista, and naturally this resulted in the postponement of the release of
Vista. There were also other unforeseen reasons for the delay. For one, the Microsoft
team of developers was busy improving the security of Windows XP. |
