In May last year Bill Gates said his company sold 40 million copies of licenses to use Windows Vista. In January 2008 Vista broke the 100 millionth milestone. In April, Microsoft Product to sell more than 140 million copies of its new operating system. And now, after only three months the software giant proudly declares implementation still 40 million copies, an amount that gives 180 million licenses sold.

Microsoft has shared her achievements during a report on the results of the fourth quarter and the entire 2008 fiscal year, which ended June 30. Revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $ 15.84 billion, an 18% higher than for the similar period last year. For the entire fiscal year 2008 revenue grew by 18% and totaled $ 60.42 billion Operating profit was $ 22.49 billion (up 21%) and earnings per share - $ 1.87 (32% growth).

This fiscal year distinguished launch several new important products, including Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, as well as Visual Studio 2008. At income growth have affected mainly the sale of Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, server software, as well as gaming consoles Xbox 360.