[jyl]

My daughter and her classmates (HS freshman) use Google Docs, not Office. They don't need whatever additional functionality Word or Excel have, they find Google Docs easier, and they can log in and get their homework from school.

On our home Windows PCs (singular, now), we use OpenOffice. Don't miss MS Office at all.

For local O/S, Windows still beats Linux to me, because it comes with the PC and I'm familiar with it and frankly its pretty good. But my kids could care less about the O/S, they just use the browser.

What kids do today matters more than what 50-60-something old farts do.

Notice MSFT trades at 10X forward P/E and 7X EV/EBITDA, a low valuation compared to other large-cap tech stocks. Says something about the market's view on MSFT's future growth.