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<P>Today is <A 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/jul10/07-22fy10q4earnings.mspx">earnings 
day</A> and Windows continues to have a strong showing. We announced a new 
milestone in Windows 7 sales - 175 million copies. This continues our record 
breaking pace of <EM>more than</EM> 7 copies sold per second. And as of today – 
Windows 7 is now running on more than 16% of all PCs worldwide. It's exciting to 
see this kind of response from customers who have helped make Windows 7 the 
fastest selling operating system in history. We are also seeing some strong 
momentum with businesses for Windows 7. The PC “refresh cycle” for businesses 
has accelerated and we recorded the second straight quarter of double digital 
business license growth. And with Internet Explorer, IE8 is now the <A 
href="http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2010/07/01/net-applications-share-update-for-june.aspx">fastest 
growing</A> and most popular web browser in the market and we have IE9 
coming!</P>
<P>This strong momentum isn't limited to Microsoft&nbsp; - in fact we're seeing 
strong growth across the tech industry. Last week <A 
href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2010/07/16/idc-pc-rebound-continues-with-growth-over-22-despite-mixed-economic-outlook.aspx">we 
highlighted</A> a <A 
href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?sessionId=&amp;containerId=prUS22421910">recent 
IDC press release</A> that illustrated the growth of the global PC market - more 
than 22.4% year-over-year for the second quarter of 2010. <A 
href="http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2010/20100713corp.htm">Intel 
reported its best quarter</A> ever with second quarter revenue up 34% 
year-over-year. And <A 
href="http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/q2-earnings-2010jul15.aspx">AMD 
reported</A> a whopping 40% growth year-over-year in its earnings release, due 
to record sales of their chips for notebook computers. It's great to see this 
kind of growth across the PC ecosystem and we're pleased to be part of this 
growth with Windows 
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