Microsoft also provides a lot of software and services to governments (including, but not limited to Windows and Office). Maybe just the prospect of training an

Microsoft also provides a lot of software and services to governments (including, but not limited to Windows and Office). Maybe just the prospect of training an entire civil service to use LibreOffice is just that scary to the paper pushers. The only government I know, other than a few German state or local governments, that seems even a bit interested in avoiding a complete MS lock in is China, and then only fairly recently.