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Response to snark (which I don't know why you think was obligatory): PC World reports 5.4 million Windows Phone 7s sold this quarter alone (http://www.pcworld.
by reddiric 14y ago
Response to snark (which I don't know why you think was obligatory):
PC World reports 5.4 million Windows Phone 7s sold this quarter alone (http://www.pcworld.com/article/262287/windows_phone_fails_to_gain_traction_in_second_quarter.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/262287/windows_phone_fails_to...). With 94,000 employees, this would increase Windows Phone sales by 1.7% in a single quarter, and be a much smaller percentage of installed base.
- damian2000 14y agoWP7 != WP8 AFAIK there is no official WP8 user base yet?
- reddiric 14y agoCorrect... and?
- rm999 14y agoSo your reply about the wp7 userbase size was irrelevant to the discussion.
- reddiric 14y agoDo you believe that was a misleading statistic to use to give a general idea of the scale of the inaccuracy of the original comment? Sorry I'm being short in all these replies, I'm tired of and choosing to call people out on unconstructive snark and pedantry.
- barrkel 14y agoI thought it pointed out how accurate its hyperbole was :) 1.7% is huge.
- CurtHagenlocher 14y agoI should have said "preemptive" rather than "obligatory". I think WinPhone is a great product, but there's no denying that it's been a bit of a laggard in the market.
- reddiric 14y agoUsually people attach preemptive snark to otherwise constructive contributions. Otherwise it's just snark.
- jmspring 14y agoLaggard? Maybe. But the thing Microsoft usually gets right is finding success in iterations. I like WP7/8 myself, but my household is mostly Apple products for simplicity of integration and my preference for things based on Unix.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoDid he announce that all employees are getting WP8 devices or just American employees (~45k)? Given that subsidies are not common outside of the US, I'm thinking only 1%. We only just recently got our WP7 devices here in China (I work for Microsoft China). I still have not seen a Windows Phone device in the wild; I hope our market share is much better in the states!
- wideroots 14y agoAsk your boss. Not here.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoIt will take them awhile to figure this out. I just meant to say that when they announce these, it might not affect 90K worldwide employees right away, its more like the 40K in USA/Redmond + figure out how to handle in each other country based on unique circumstances (availability, taxes, etc...).
- jimbobimbo 14y agoMeeting was webcasted around the world (within MSFT).
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoAh! Did they do a reasonable time delay for each market? Some of us need to sleep.