Microsoft Thursday said more than 240 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold during the first year of the operating system's availability, a record the company says makes it the fastest selling OS in history.

In July, Windows 7 passed Windows Vista in global usage share and now has roughly a 17% share (Windows XP still leads the way), according to market watcher Net Applications.

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