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selnor said:

famousringo said:

selnor said:

Windows 7 is not only the fastest selling version of windows ever destroying Windows XP by hitting 500 million 4 months faster, but has now over 1 billion official licenses. Thats now over 1/7th of the estimated world population. Thats 93% of the TOTAL OS market which includes all IOS and Android. Just so you know.

You're not going to win by spewing bullshit, Selnor. The latest numbers I've seen for Windows 7 are 600 million units back in June:

http://www.zdnet.com/with-600-million-sales-windows-7-closes-on-xp-4010026342/

Where's your source for MS selling 400 million licenses in four months?

Working back to Windows 7's launch suggests average sales of 19 million copies per month over the operating system's life. Apple is currently selling 17 million iOS and Mac OS devices per month (as of Apple's last quarterly financials), and Google claims to see 40 million Android activations in a month. So you see why I say a side bet on all sales of Windows 8, Windows RT, and WIndows Phone 8 versus iOS and Mac OS would be interesting.

Double or nothing?

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Operating system statistics on Wikimedia
Windows 7		40.32%
Windows Vista		6.61%
Windows XP		21.23%
Windows (other)		1.40%
OS X		8.45%
iOS		9.89%
Linux		1.58%
Android		5.11%
Other		5.41%
Usage shares of operating systems as of September 2012[update][1]

And yes double.

 

Dude, you are citing web usage stats for a single site. Web usage is important, but it sure isn't the same thing as units sold. We are going to base this bet on units sold from financial statements and/or reputable market analysts like Gartner and Canalys.

I'll also mention that this data point completely contradicts your earlier assertion that Windows controls 93% of the OS market, and does nothing to support your assertion that there are a billion Windows 7 licenses out there.