Office is a productivity drain because they successfully pivoted away from the "productivity" market to the "job protection" market. The former was a product M

Office is a productivity drain because they successfully pivoted away from the "productivity" market to the "job protection" market. The former was a product Microsoft sold to employees on behalf of the company. The latter is a product Microsoft sells to employees on behalf of the employee (although on the company dime) and which the employees use to protect their job title, against the interests of the company. These kinds of pivots are inevitable as these core software markets become commoditized. You can only make money off a software product for a decade or so before lower cost competitors will come in and eat your lunch.