"Wouldn't they give up a significant part of the attract of Windows and of their vendor lock-in by doing so ?" Yeah, but they could control it. They could alwa

"Wouldn't they give up a significant part of the attract of Windows and of their vendor lock-in by doing so ?" Yeah, but they could control it. They could always make the iOS experience poorer than Windows so people associate i0S=BAD, surface=GOOD. On the other hand you have the millions of people that are using the Ipad. Without Office, they need an alternative, and they will find one. Then when they get used to it they will discover they don't really need Office at all. MS Office was not always the best Office suite out there.