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Windows 8 sales grow, but still woeful

June 3, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Microsoft struggles to get legacy Windows XP users to convert to Windows 8 mostly because there’s a better option still available: Windows 7.

Windows 8.1 market share barely inches up

March 4, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Microsoft is taking notice and reportedly ready for drastic measures to move the needle, including a free versions of Windows 8.1.

Friends don’t let friends stay on Windows XP

February 21, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Time is running out for the vaunted Windows XP operating system, and Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to get businesses and consumers to upgrade.

The end of Windows 7 is now in sight

February 18, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Microsoft set the end-of-sales date for Windows 7 consumer editions, in which the vaunted operating system will be no longer available for sale.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Retire

August 23, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Steve Ballmer will retire from his post atop Microsoft in the next year, leaving a new CEO to guide its transformation into a devices and services company.