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Soleron said:

What matters is user freedoms. I don't care how much money Canonical make as long as me or anyone else has a right to modify, redistribute, and view source code of the programs/OS I use. If Microsoft did this, and allowed others to patch the flaws in its OS, I would have no problem with them making billions of dollars.

Microsoft aren't making the billions through being the best choice - they are making them because they are seen as the only choice. For example, I resent my school forcing me to have Windows at home to run certain programs and view certain files.

While you may resent it, every institution must have standards and Office software is by far the best at what it does. Open Office is good, however it just does not really compare with the overall feature set in Office. Thus, the best choice for business and education firms is to use Office, then to ensure full compatibility and reduce any potential headache they create standards, i.e. you must use Office, which means you must use MS.