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FUDWatch

Windows 7 Sales: I Want Real Numbers, Microsoft!

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is telling everyone that will listen that Windows 7 is selling like crazy -- flying off the shelves, even, like it was some kind of mythical Cabbage Patch Kid/Tickle Me Elmo hybrid. It's been almost a month since the new operating system launched, and Ballmer has stated that this version of Windows has sold twice as many copies over the same period that any other version of Windows.

I find that extremely hard to believe. And here's why.

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