The number of enterprises that are ready to pay for Windows makes it worthwhile to keep charging for Windows. It may also be that Office and Windows are being made independent  thus allowing Office to pursue cross platform monetization, rather than be used as a sweetener to make your purchase Windows . However, Windows still gets early access to new Office features. <div>
<br></div><div>On the flipside, it might just be the motivation for the various guys behind FOSS office suits to get serious and come up with a proper Office alternative. IBM was on the way with Lotus Symphony, but guess they gave up, plus it wasn&#39;t open, just based on Open Office. 
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