MicroSoft Windows licenses sale
New MS Windows licenses sold (till 2000), and projections (from 2001)
Worldwide, in thousands
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2000-2005 growth
Windows 95 25.267 12.685 2.000 200 50 - -
Windows 98 43.983 60.088 25.680 8.000 3.200 1.500 500 -61,6 %
Windows Me 2.239 37.500 10.000 3.000 1.000 -
Windows XP home 2.000 25.000 40.200 46.000 49.900
Subtotal home 69.250 75.011 67.180 43.200 46.450 48.500 50.400 -7,6 %
Windows NT Workstation 19.171 13.681 9.486 6.000 3.700 2.000 500 -48,4 %
Windows 2000 Professional - 9.513 22.000 12.000 5.000 3.000 1.500 -30,9 %
Windows XP Professional - - 2.000 48.000 61.000 68.000 72.600
Subtotal Professional 19.171 23.194 33.486 66.000 69.700 73.000 74.600 26,5 %
Total 88.421 98.205 100.666 109.200 116.150 121.500 125.000 4,9 %
Source: IDC ComputerWorld.dk 2001-10-23 p 10.