The major problem is that anyone over the age of probably 40 would be crippled by a migration to say Ubuntu. My parents still struggle with basic stuff on Windo

The major problem is that anyone over the age of probably 40 would be crippled by a migration to say Ubuntu. My parents still struggle with basic stuff on Windows even though they use it (Win7) everyday at work. Throwing something foreign at them would account for so many lost hours the initial cost would end up being extremely expensive. Also Microsoft Office, basically MS's golden egg, is way farther ahead then Libre Office regardless of what people say. All of MS office's services integrate extremely well with each other as much as it pains me to say. At the end of the day all these people need is Outlook, Word and XL which are leaps and bounds ahead of Libre Office, which doesn't even have a mail client. Add in all the lobbyist and money going towards the right campaigns and there's your answer.