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[–] 32 points 3 months ago (5 children)

This is for commercial users, so if your company mandates MS Office, none of the free alternatives are much use.
On the plus side, the prices don't really matter to those end users, so anyone outside procurement won't notice any difference.

Raising home user prices would lead to a lot more backlash, but I wouldn't put it past MS to try it anyway. They just can't seem to get out of their own way.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Not directly, but it still does matter to me. I'd rather my CEO buy a new car instead of giving even more money to Microsoft, as weird as that sounds.

    The real problem is that it makes it even more appealing for C-suiters to cut costs -- and C-suiters usually choose to reduce licence counts (read: firing people) instead of migrating away from Microsoft.

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