Microsoft sold almost 10 copies of Windows 7 each second more than last month, as per the numbers the corporation launched.

Yesterday, Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief fiscal officer, told Wall Street analysts of newest Windows 7 landmark. "With 175 million licenses sold till now, it is greatest selling operating system still, and now runs on more than 15% of all PCs international," Klein said in an afternoon earnings call.

A month ago, Microsoft proclaimed that it had sold 150 million Windows 7 licenses. By Microsoft's numbers, the corporation sold 25 million licenses during 29 days among June 23 and July 21, a speed that symbolizes sales of 9.97 copies of Windows 7 each second.

On Tuesday, Microsoft credited strong sales of Windows 7, plus the beginning of Office 2010, for pushing its second quarter profits to a record $16 billion a 22% leap more than the similar quarter in 2009. Windows profits rise by more than $1 billion, to $4.55 billion, as per the corporation.

As it has some times in precedent, yesterday Microsoft known Windows 7 "the greatest-selling operating system yet." The OS has surely outperformed its predecessor, Windows Vista.