Today is the launch of Windows 7. I don’t think I’ll purchase a copy, as I’m still enjoying the Mac experience. But I don’t think Microsoft will really care much. Let’s look at these stats:

• Despite being branded a failure, there are 350 million PCs with Vista.
• Windows 7 been winning positive reviews.
• Bing is gaining market share at 9% of search share. When Yahoo! started using Bing across its many properties, Bing’s search share could jump to 30%.
• Despite the economic downturn, Microsoft can still afford to spend $9 billion on research and development.
• Various versions of Windows run on more than 95% of all PCs; the remaining are being shared by Mac, Linux,..
• Microsoft to spend up to $11 billion on its new search engine, Bing.
• Microsoft still with annual net income of $15 billion; many expect Windows division to earn $11 billion in profit for fiscal year 2010.
• It has CASH reserves at over $20 billion.
• It has market capitalization of $230 billion (Google with $158 billion).
• Browser IE still with over 60% of market share (Firefox in distant second at 23%)

All (almost) of the above details were derived from an article in the latest Fortune mag (Oct 26 2009 issue), titled Microsoft Reboots.

I Don’t Use Windows, IE and Bing BUT I Don’t Think Microsoft Will Give a Shit originally appeared on GreyReview on October 22, 2009.