[Swordmaker]

So the revenues are 2.53 Billion... 2.49 Billion of which is OEM sales. Great, good for them. That still leaves .04 Billion, $40 million X 4 quarters, Call it $150 Million (to account for the growth in sales) for a year that was generated by sales outside of OEM. Assuming a $100 average wholesale price to the jobber/retailer (It's probably less) that translates into 1.5 million people who will self install Windows.

Of course, according to you, everyone of them is "practically no end user."

Then of course, Bush, there are the millions of users who aren't upgrading and are still using '98, 2000, NT, ME, etc. that are still Windows users at risk.

[Bush2000]

Assuming a $100 average wholesale price to the jobber/retailer (It's probably less) that translates into 1.5 million people who will self install Windows. Of course, according to you, everyone of them is "practically no end user."

So what. That's fewer than 2% of all users who purchased Windows.

[zeugma]

Then of course, Bush, there are the millions of users who aren't upgrading and are still using '98, 2000, NT, ME, etc. that are still Windows users at risk.

That also doesn't take into account the annual (or most often) re-installs that windows requires to not slowly grind itself to a halt.