Without even clicking the link, the first thing I saw from the title that there are fewer than two app downloads per every license sold. This is an outrage. Why are the numbers so low?<p>Without even clicking the link, my guess is that it is because of creative ways of saying what it means to have "sold" a license. Clearly, Windows 8 has fewer than 60 million users.<p>Demand a more concrete number from Microsoft. How many people have a valid credit card number on file on the Windows 8 App Store? How many apps does an average user buy? What is the average price of an app on the Windows app store?<p>1700 devices certified means nothing to me. Show me the money.
'Sold' in this context means 'in the channel', as the article confirms.<p>It doesn't mean in the hands of consumers. It doesn't mean that cash has passed to Microsoft since most of those will have been on credit. All it means is that in an effort to show that Win 8 is not a dog, MS has pushed out 60M licences to manufacturers and retail outlets.<p>Not earth shattering. And you can knock off two users from that total: I bought two laptops over Christmas, yet to boot into Win 8 on either of them.