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yahoo news is reporting that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday that Windows 8 is selling better than Windows 7. Windows 7 was the one of the fastest selling operating system.
"We're above where we were with Windows 7," Ballmer told the audience at the Windows Phone 8 launch event.
In another
report on ZDNet is saying that Microsoft has sold over 40 million licenses of Windows 8 to date.
Windows 8 blog is also reporting that 40 million Windows 8 licenses are sold in a month.
While the number of Windows 8 may not look bad at all, time will tell that how is that adds to the Microsoft revenue. Keep in mind, Windows 8 is loaded on Microsoft's Surface tablet and other tablets.
Microsoft's new operating system,
Windows 8 raised eyebrows when they shifted the user interface from traditional Windows to a totally new tiled based user interface called Metro Style (
later changed). Windows 8 also introduced a new concept of apps called
Windows Store apps.