Although I share your sentiment in this regard there is something you have overlooked IMO. Now I can't put my finger on it exactly but... Spreadsheets. Seriou

Although I share your sentiment in this regard there is something you have overlooked IMO. Now I can't put my finger on it exactly but... Spreadsheets. Seriously. Spreadsheets are most likely the original reason that anyone ever needed a PC. MS certainly did not miss that boat and a large part of their dominance today is centered around Excel and more recently SQL. The OS is almost incidental. MS does understand that value of being able to store and exploit data. I hope I have put my point clearly enough, I'm aware that I haven't articulated it very well at all.