UK government plans switch to open source from Microsoft office suite

This right here is why Steve Ballmer left a family vacation to attempt to interrupt the Munich linux switch [1]. Free Software is steadily destroying every market Microsoft attempts to dominate (including home entertainment [2]).

It's as if Microsoft's worst fears from the Halloween Documents are coming true. Will Azure be able to make up for all the lost revenue of the Windows/Office/Home Entertainment divisions?

1 http://news.cnet.com/2100-1016-1010740.html

2. http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/

They could save quite some money and gain security by switching to a mix of WebODF, and OpenOffice/LibreOffice.