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Windows 8 sales outpace Windows 7’s, despite criticism
Despite something of a rough start critically, Microsoft says that sales of Windows 8 licenses are selling faster than Windows 7’s did. According to a company blog post, 40 million Windows 8 licenses have sold in just over a month of availability. As Reuters notes, this doesn’t mean that 40 million people are actually using Windows 8: that 40 million figure includes license sales to PC manufacturers. Research firm StatCounter says the actual user count …

