Why Microsoft was punished for a very profitable quarter

And an update on why I believe more than 40% of all new PCs ship without Windows 7. InfoWorld Tech Watch.

That whooooshing sound: Win7 hits 10% and keeps climbing

Emil Protalinski at Ars Technica reports that Windows 7 now enjoys more than a 10% market share. That’s a rather amazing number, considering how many PCs are out there.

Not surprisingly, you folks are more than a bit ahead of the curve: 24% of all the AskWoody.com hits last month were from Windows 7, with Vista at 28% and XP at 42%.

In the browser wars, 44% of you were using Firefox. 28% were using IE, with IE 8 outdistancing IE 7 by two to one.