I can see Google's point. At home I pretty much only use the PC for web or for gaming. Even at work, 99% of the time I only use office programs or a web browser. If we didn't have Microsoft Office installed as standard, and used an office suite that worked in a browser (such as Google Docs), there would be very little I, or any of the other folk that work here, would do that wouldn't run in a browser.

I haven't used any office software at home for years. A few months ago I actually had to send a letter, but used PC2Paper.com which for 65p printed out my letter and posted it without me having to worry about finding a stamp of a postbox.