"And it must be consumer PCs too, since enterprises aren't deploying Windows 8 in any large number."
Former Microsoftie as of August - this is not true. We had already sold tens of millions of Windows 8 licenses prior to 10/26 as part of our Enterprise Agreement (EA) process with big enterprises. Ballmer mentioned this onstage during his //BUILD keynote too.
Yep, and recoiledsnake's article actually backs this up, since Windows 8 web traffic was already quite high before the 10/26 launch date (according to that statcounter graph, at least).
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"And it must be consumer PCs too, since enterprises aren't deploying Windows 8 in any large number."
Former Microsoftie as of August - this is not true. We had already sold tens of millions of Windows 8 licenses prior to 10/26 as part of our Enterprise Agreement (EA) process with big enterprises. Ballmer mentioned this onstage during his //BUILD keynote too.
Yep, and recoiledsnake's article actually backs this up, since Windows 8 web traffic was already quite high before the 10/26 launch date (according to that statcounter graph, at least).