Decreasing Microsoft Office, Google Docs From Popular

Strong sales of netbook computer, which combined with declining sales of Microsoft Office to the consumer, seems to have made Microsoft Corp. is far from the estimate in which the results will increase in first quarter 2010. Netbook makes 12 percent of the total sales of Windows in the first quarter, according to Microsoft's general manager, Bill Koefoed.

While the Vista operating system, which consume a lot of hard disk space and power, the netbook is working with many of the downgrade Vista to XP. Microsoft estimates that as much as $ 15 from every copy of Windows XP have been sold to PC vendors, or OEMs, compared with $ 50 to $ 60 for each copy of Vista, and now Windows 7. Now the total income of Windows for $ 4.09 billion, down 4 percent from last year.

Microsoft is now trying to enter the netbook maker for Windows 7, especially Windows 7 starter. However, Microsoft has not stated how many netbooks being sold with Windows 7 rather than XP. Meanwhile, Microsoft Business Division has decreased 11 percent from year to year to reach $ 4.4 billion, and it all comes from retail sales of Microsoft Office. However, Microsoft plans to run the Office Web promo for an upgrade to Office 2010, in order to compete with Google Docs.