When Apple implemented Exchange support for the iPhone, you will have noticed that they introduced at the same time another way of getting push email to the iPhone - they explicitly created an escape route if people want to leave Windows. Apple will ot fall into the trap of depending on Microsoft again in a hurry.
As for the various office productivity packages - sure, they've been around for quite some time now without really making much of an impact, but things starting to change. Firstly, Microsoft dropped the ball on the Mac platform by dropping VBA support for the Mac. If you want to use VBA on the Mac now, the best option is OpenOffice, not MS Office.
Secondly, those packages have been steadily improving - for me, it's only really been in the last year or so that OOO has got to the point that it could be considered a serious competitor to MS. You have surely noticed the massive discounts that MS has had to give for Office to keep it installed in large organisations recently - there have been plenty of examples in the press.
As for the various office productivity packages - sure, they've been around for quite some time now without really making much of an impact, but things starting to change. Firstly, Microsoft dropped the ball on the Mac platform by dropping VBA support for the Mac. If you want to use VBA on the Mac now, the best option is OpenOffice, not MS Office.
Secondly, those packages have been steadily improving - for me, it's only really been in the last year or so that OOO has got to the point that it could be considered a serious competitor to MS. You have surely noticed the massive discounts that MS has had to give for Office to keep it installed in large organisations recently - there have been plenty of examples in the press.