While Microsoft's Window's recent earnings report shows an 11 percent increase in sales, it sheds no light on how the recently launched Windows 8 did in its first sales test.
Microsoft Window's recent sales figures reported an 11 percent hike in sales, making the company one of the top revenue producing companies, a position the company hasn't held since 2009. However, the report shed no light on how sales were going on the recently launched Windows 8.
"I heard absolutely nothing on how Windows 8 is doing," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. "I have to believe it's because it's not an impressive number. If it was, there would be horns being blown at the top of the buildings in Redmond."
According to market experts, this silence mean that Windows 8 didn't do as well as a new edition of a trusted operating system does when it is first introduced in the market. For example, when Microsoft launched its Windows 7 in 2009, it reported Windows revenue of $6.9 billion, which was 28% higher than the prior year.
"The three biggest components of the 11% total revenue growth were the retail upgrades, the sales of the Surface [RT tablet] and then multi-year licensing agreements within enterprises," said Microsoft CFO Peter Klein said about how the Windows division outperformed the PC market. "There was some tailwind from inventory, which was ... within the healthy range that we typically see."
"But the three big impacts, all up, on the Windows revenue were the retail upgrades, sales of Surface and the enterprise annuity business," he said.
