Article: Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Shatters Records With Over 3.4 Million Downloads in First 10 Days.

Eclipses the Fastest-Selling Album Ever in Its First Week

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that over 3.4 million people worldwide have downloaded the new all-in-one Windows Media(TM) Player 7 in the first 10 days of its availability, at a rate of nearly four downloads every second. This strong customer demand for the player has driven the number of licensed copies of Microsoft(R) Windows Media Player to more than 200 million licensed copies worldwide. By comparison, this unprecedented popularity for Windows Media Player 7 eclipses 'N Sync's March 2000 record-breaking album release in which they sold ...

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