Looks like Win8 is a big part of the DoD contract.

http://www.neowin.net/news/more-info-on-windows-8-use-in-the-army-and-air-force-revealed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


>And you complain about tech guys skewing the numbers??
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>The 617 millions are not Windows 8 licenses but Microsoft licenses (as the link says but then the title gets written as "
>US Department of Defense to start using Windows 8, buys $617 million worth of Microsoft licenses" to make it look as they are all Win 8 licenses, pathetic). For all we know it might be that the Lion's share is SharePoint/Office
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>[Update] Well the link and the title are the same, I thought I read the link differently...