But puny share is just a fourth of the ancient Windows 2000's

Microsoft's delivery of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) earlier this week boosted use of the new operating system by 22% since Monday, according to data from Web measurement company Net Applications.

Windows 7's overall usage share, however, remains tiny: one third of 1% as of Thursday.

Late Monday night, Microsoft posted Windows 7 RC for public download, several days after making it available to subscribers of the MSDN and TechNet services, which cater to developers and IT professionals, respectively.

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