Microsoft announced on Tuesday that 40 million Windows 8 licenses have been sold one month after the new operating system was officially released.
Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in terms of upgrades, said
Microsoft in its official Windows blog. Windows 8 was launched on
Oct. 26.
A Microsoft spokesperson told technology blog site TechCrunch
that the number of 40 million licenses includes all sales, including
those sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other
partners.
"It's fair to assume then that quite a few of these licenses
haven't actually found their way to users yet," TechCrunch said in a
report.
In its blog, Microsoft also noted that "There were more apps in
the Windows Store at launch than any other app store at their launch
and since then, the number of apps in the Windows Store has
doubled."
