You have to check this out. I'm a big fan of Google and Sun Microsystems Open Office. Open Office "OO" is a direct competitor to Microsofts Office suite. OO can be downloaded for free. It is compatible with MS Office so why spend > $100 on software when you don't need to? Whats more is that OO version 2 is due out soon.
It's possible that Google will offer an online version of Open Office meaning you don't have to install the software and you can work with your documents from whatever PC you want. Quite an exciting prospect. You might be able to store your documents online. Say a gb of storage just like their email system (which is also a gigabyte of storage).
So you could have a complete office suite, on any pc you use and be able to access your files from anywhere. To go with that is google's email "Gmail" which doesn't require any software to be installed. All this could be accessable from a Windows based PC or a Linux based one. Lots of Linux operating systems are free and loaded with other software you might need (CD burning, Music players, movie players).
Personally, I think Microsoft will need to change their game plan if they are to remain as dominant in the software market as they currently are.
A lot of what I've talked about already exists, but Google have the brand name and reputation to crash Microsofts 'party'.
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