With the increasing popularity of Windows 7 operating system of the Microsoft, the company declares that its profits have risen by as much as 35% in the first quarter of the year 2010.
The biggest software development company has made net profits of $4 billion (£2.6 billion) and announced that it also saw a strong growth from its Xbox Live and Bing Search engine business. The sales have hit the record of $14.5 billion, which is 6% more during the same period last year.
Windows 7 was launched by Microsoft in October 2009 and it has proved to be the best selling operating system of Microsoft till date, mainly after the disappointing performance of Vista. The results of the company are closely linked with the sales of computers, because the two most profitable divisions make the Office business software and Windows Operating System.
Kevin Turner, the chief operating officer of Microsoft, said that the business customers have started refreshing their desktop. A large number of people are flocking towards the new operating system of Microsoft, which strongly indicates its high demand in the market. While the users of computers do not give much thought to the operating system, which serves as the brain of their machine, the program is at the heart of the company’s global software empire. Operating systems developed by Microsoft run over 90% of the computers around the world.
The bad performance of Vista gave an opportunity to Apple to woo users to its Mac operating system. The company also reported its quarterly earnings earlier this week, quoting factors that lead to a large number of people taking Mac machines for the first time. Microsoft learned a lesson from its Vista and worked hard to develop Windows 7 with software developers, users and computer makers.
Microsoft is the latest technological company, which reports its earnings results. Apple and Yahoo also announced their higher profits in the earlier part of the week, while Google reported its figures during the last week.
