Office XP licenses in APac exceed 12 million

Microsoft Corporation India announced that out of a total number of 60

million licenses sold worldwide, more than 12 million Microsoft Office XP

licenses have been purchased in the Asia-Pacific region since the product was

launched in May 2001.

This figure represents a threefold increase in Office XP licenses compared

with the number of Office 2000 licenses sold in the APac region during a

comparable time frame. In India, there has been a significant momentum

specifically in the enterprise and the government sectors.

Sanjiv Mathur, Group Marketing Head, Microsoft India says, "The last

year has seen a good response for the product from the Indian market. This has

been driven by the large scale adoption by the enterprise audiences, and

particularly the government sector." According to Sanjiv, the coming year

looks even better as customers will see Office XP in a new avatar as a

platform for a rich desktop solutions.

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