Microsoft boasts 1-millionth W2k license
MICROSOFT EXPECTS TO mark the one-year anniversary of the launch of Windows 2000 by selling the 1-millionth license for the server operating system, a company official said Wednesday.
Pete Conway, director of large enterprise servers in Microsoft's Windows Business Division, said the pace of Windows 2000 sales has "pleasantly surprised" the Redmond, Wash.-based company since it was released last Feb. 17.
The predecessor to Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, did not reach the 1 million licenses mark until 17 months after it was released, Conway said.
"We're incredibly excited," Conway said. "This is the fastest rate of adoption we have ever had for a server operating system platform. We should easily eclipse the 1 million server licenses mark by the anniversary date."
Microsoft pointed to an internal survey it conducted of Windows 2000 users and are seeing total cost of ownership savings of 5 percent to 30 percent. The study, which Microsoft said was audited by a Giga Information Group consultant, found that larger companies are expecting, on average, a net bottom-line benefit of $8 million over three years, Microsoft claimed.
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