How is it the OS that currently lists for $139 on the Microsoft site is the one forcing advertising integrated into the operating system, yet one you can download for free has nothing of the kind? Why is it people just keep using it? When will it be enough to make the majority of people seek alternatives?

@mike

Excel--lots of things in the business world depend on Excel.

Games: though Linux is getting better, there is no comparison.

Support: corporate computing support edifice built around Redmond. Now you want all those folks to learn how to configure Linux computers?

I have been using Linux since the late 1990s for EVERYTHING so I know what I would do if given the power!