<p>A Microsoft store product advisor displays the new Surface table computer as customers enter the store as it opens on Oct. 26, 2012 in Seattle.(Photo: Elaine Thompson AP)</p><p>It's been a bumpy few months for Windows 8 since its launch last fall.</p><p>Global PC sales plunged 14% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, and much of the blame was heaped on the lukewarm reception to Windows 8. Microsoft's new operating system was supposed to provide a boost to the ailing industry but has ostensibly failed to do so.</p><p>Microsoft says that it has already shifted 100 million Windows 8 licenses, which matches the sales pace of Windows 7, but six months into the release of the former, NetApplications reports that Windows 8 only has a 3.82% share of the desktop OS market, while Windows 7 and Windows XP still dominate with 44.72% and 38.31% respectively. Back when Windows 7 was also six months old it already had an 11.94% share, NetApplications says.</p><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/05/31/microsoft-windows-8/2376277/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/31/sinofsky-windows-8/">Former Windows Chief on Why Some Users Hate Windows 8</a> (Mashable)</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/debate/can-windows-8-1-re-start-windows-8/10121280/">Can Windows 8.1 re-start Windows 8?</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/31/4383736/microsoft-windows-8-tablet-ipad-comparison-site">Microsoft launches iPad comparison site for Windows 8 tablets</a> (The Verge)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dRX_KjefXRx4vuMalndwkRVF3jkNM&ned=us">196 additional articles.</a></p>