"And everyone will tell them "Microsoft made them leave". It won't necessarily be 100% accurate, but thats the rumor that's going to go around for the rest of the show. And for the remainder of that show, the mention of Microsoft will leave a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people. And a lot of people will leave and go on with their professional lives. They may not think any higher of sony. But they will think less of Microsoft."
Not necessarily. They could get scared and instead think: "Let not get on the wrong side of microsoft. They could create trouble for us." And in the long(er) run people will forget about the bad taste.
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They can support MS Office for the short term AND OpenOffice for the long term.
"And everyone will tell them "Microsoft made them leave". It won't necessarily be 100% accurate, but thats the rumor that's going to go around for the rest of the show. And for the remainder of that show, the mention of Microsoft will leave a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people. And a lot of people will leave and go on with their professional lives. They may not think any higher of sony. But they will think less of Microsoft."
Not necessarily. They could get scared and instead think: "Let not get on the wrong side of microsoft. They could create trouble for us." And in the long(er) run people will forget about the bad taste.