[yajoe]

You're right, and you are the first person I've seen say it out loud.

Further evidence: the Office competitor from Apple is also free. Why? The low-end Surface devices bundled Office for free, and one cycle later Apple began bundling its Office version alongside new devices. Microsoft would bundle Office with the high-end Surface devices (Surface Pros) if it weren't for pesky anti-trust threats looming (Windows RT is advertised to regulators as a separate OS from the Windows NT line, and a lot of weirdness stems from this distinction). It's very clear that Apple is trying to head off the Microsoft efforts with these pricing games.

Personally? I'm bummed there was no mac mini update... I need a new personal server at home, and I had been waiting for a supposed refresh... now I need to build and set up my own Linux server... that was fun when I was in my early 20s, but now it just feels tedious.

[bane]

and here's Microsoft's reaction...

http://www.informationweek.com/software/productivity-applica...