[pxeboot]

> Have people switched en masse to them? Nope.

Business, sure, but there are millions of consumers who exclusively use Google Docs, iWork, or other Office alternatives.

[shiroiuma]

Yeah, but they're already gone, and you can only milk them for so much. Businesses and governments are a totally different matter: they're not going to switch to the alternatives no matter what, so MS could make a lot more profit by jacking up their prices massively. $10,000 per user per year is totally doable I think.

[esafak]

Governments in Europe are increasingly ditching Microsoft, goaded by souring relations between the continents.