> whichever way they go, they will get less revenue from Office in the future
Can you explain how you arrived there? If office is made available on other platforms it will raise the revenue not lower it.
Can you explain how you arrived there? If office is made available on other platforms it will raise the revenue not lower it.
Currently (well, before the portables took over) everybody has a Windows machine, and buys Ofice for it. Once people change to non-Windows machines, they don't get more numerous, thus, if MS drops the price to stay competitive, revenue will go down.
Yes, they do, they also get richer. But changes in population and economy aren't quick enough to compensate for an order of magnitude drop in price. At least not at the short term.