I also noticed (from a very quick skim) that they do not mention the abject failure of Vista as a reason for lost revenue.
I wouldn’t call it fear, just due diligence in filing. They are now reasonable competitors, if minor, so Microsoft should include them.
Yeah, they’re bound to say this as it makes their case stronger - doesn’t mean they really believe it to be true (although they may).
IOW - lawyerspeak.
My company has switched me from a windows laptop to a Linux laptop with OpenOffice / Symphony instead of MS Office. With the exception of one minor technical glitch with regards to a specific Java application, all went well and continues to run smoothly.