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Information is accurate as of 12/2012
In demand
Investing in standards
9 of the top 10 downloaded
OSS projects run on Windows.
9of 10
Microsoft
WebMatrix
>1M
downloads
Using open source web
applications, this free
web dev tool makes it
easy to create sites.
Playing well with others
Through our commitment to standards and work with
open source communities, we’re helping create an IT
ecosystem that is interoperable and poised for innovation.
Broadest developer ecosystem in the world, enabled by standards
$609 billion:$609 billion:
revenue Microsoftrevenue Microsoft
ecosystem hasecosystem has
collectively generatedcollectively generated
1.3B
WindowsWindows
systemssystems
120
Windows Store marketsWindows Store markets
open to all developersopen to all developers
640,000
partners globallypartners globally
670M+
copies soldcopies sold
servers shippedservers shipped
with Windowswith Windows
73%
standards organizations
150+
working groups
400+
Open source community
In just two years, membership has
tripled on CodePlex, Microsoft’s free
open source project hosting site.
All-in with HTML5
HTML5 is our core programming model for
Windows 8, IE9, and IE10 and lets developers
write their markup once to work efficiently
across browsers.
300,000
900,000+
2010 2012
Open source resources
We’re making it easier to create and share
open source projects.
32,000+ projects