Fear of a commidty OS (Score 1)

Microsoft's biggest fear is that the personal computer operating system (read Windows) will become a commidity. If that happens then their business is purely based on moving product in a competitive environment. In a competitive environment there is no sales because your OS is the de facto standard. You have to win every sale based on price, not product. In an evironment like that they can't compete against the likes of Linux and BSD.