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A lot of the reasoning for using MS products in businesses is that people are used to them from home.
So the workers run Windows computers with MS Office because that is what they know since childhood because at home there was a Windows computer with MS Office.
This wont take immediate effect. But it can erode the basis for MS in the long run. Especially as they are pulling the stunts with Win11 and price gouging on O365 licences.
I switched to linux last year. Buying a new computer without OEM Windows licencse was 200 € cheaper. And O365 doing everything as a web app also means you dont need to run Windows to run MS Office anymore.
Meanwhile Steam is pushing compatability for games and sooner or later businesses will consider switching to a linux distro and run their Windows software in a compatability environment, as well as more and more software producers will work on compatability or even native.
This will take time, but MS arrogance will be its downfall.